Alexander Wilson operates Metroplex Courier and Delivery Service. He has four employees who are paid on an hourly basis. During the work week beginning December 15 and ending December 21, 2016, his employees worked the number of hours shown below. Information about their hourly rates, marital status, and withholding allowances also appears below, along with their cumulative earnings for the year prior to the December 15-21 payroll period. Consider any hours worked beyond 40 in the week as overtime hours and overtime pay at one and one-half times their regular hourly rate. Employee Gloria Bahamon Alex Garcia Ron Price Sara Russell Hours Regular Marital Withholding Cumulative Worked Hourly Rate Status Allowances Earnings 45 $16.50 M $32,840 28.30 57,280 47 26.70 53,952 13.50 26,600 41 2-6. Compute the regular, overtime, gross earnings: social security tax and Medicare tax to be withheld from each employee's earnings. Assume a 6.2 percent social security rate on the first $113,700 earned by the employee during the year. Assume a 1.45 percent Medicare tax rate on all salaries and wages earned by the employee during the year. Determine the amount of federal income tax to be withheld from each employee's total earnings. (Use the table shown in Figure 10.2A & Figure 10.2B whichever is applicable) to determine the withholding for Russell. Withholdings for Bahamon is $104.00. $299.00 for Garcia, and $242.00 for Price. Finally compute the Check my work to be withheld from each employee's earnings. Assume a 6.2 percent social security rate on the first $113,700 earned by the employee during the year. Assume a 1.45 percent Medicare tax rate on all salaries and wages earned by the employee during the year. Determine the amount of federal income tax to be withheld from each employee's total earnings. (Use the table shown in Egure 102A & Figure 10.28 whichever is applicable) to determine the withholding for Russell Withholdings for Bahamon is $10400, $299.00 for Garcia, and $24200 for Price. Finally compute the net amount due of each employee (Bahamon and Russell are office workers. Garcia and Price are delivery workers.) (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) Payroll Register Pald: December 23, 2016 And ending: December 21, 2016 Taxable wages Deductions Distribution Weak Beginning: December 15, 2016 Earnings Regular overtime Gross earnings earnings earnings Cumulative Employee Social security Net Medicare Social income Medical Medicare security Net amount Office wees Delivery wages tax Gloria Bahamon Alex Garcia Ron Price Sara Russell 8&9.Prepare a general journal entry to record the payroll expenses for the week ended December 21, and December 23, 2016. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) View transaction list Journal entry worksheet
