(Payroll Tax Entries) Green Day Hardware Company’s payroll for November 2004 is summarized below.

At this point in the year some employees have already received wages in excess of those to which payroll taxes apply. Assume that the state unemployment tax is 2.5%. The F.I.C.A. rate is 7.65% on an employee’s wages to $84,900 and 1.45% in excess of $84,900. Of the $188,000 wages subject to F.I.C.A. tax, $20,000 of the sales wages is in excess of $84,900. Federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8% after credits. Income tax withheld amounts to $16,000 for factory, $7,000 for sales, and $6,000 for administrative.
Instructions

(a) Prepare a schedule showing the employer’s total cost of wages for November by function. (Round all computations to nearest dollar.)

(b) Prepare the journal entries to record the factory, sales, and administrative payrolls including the employer’s payroll taxes.

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Amount Subject to Payroll Taxes Unemployment Tax Payroll Wages Due F.I.C.A. Federal State Factory $120,000 $120,000 $40,000 $40,000 Sales 32,000 32,000 4,000 4,000 Administrative 36,000 36,000 Total $188,000 $188,000 $44,000 $44,000