Alexander Wilson operates Metroplex Courier and Delivery Service. The company has four employees who are paid on an hourly basis. During the workweek beginning December 15 and ending December 21, 20X1, 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. Regular Marital Withholding Cumulative Hours Employee Gloria Bahamon Alex Garcia Worked Hourly Rate Status Allowances Earnings 47 $16.10 M 4 $32,800 43 27.90 1 57,240 Ron Price 49 26.30 M 3 53,912 Sara Russell 40 13.10 S 0 26,560 Required: 2. Compute the regular, overtime, and gross earnings for each employee. Enter the figures in the payroll register. 3. Compute the amount of social security tax to be withheld from each employee's gross earnings. Assume a 6.2 percent social security rate on the first $132,900 earned by the employee during the year. Enter the figures in the payroll register. 4. Compute the amount of Medicare tax to be withheld from each employee's gross earnings. Assume a 1.45 percent Medicare tax rate on all salaries and wages earned by the employee during the year. Enter the figures in the payroll register. 5. Determine the amount of federal income tax to be withheld from each employee's total earnings. Use the tax tables in Figure 10.2a & Figure 10.2b to determine the withholding for Russell. Withholdings are $108.00 for Bahamon, $315.00 for Garcia, and $252.00 for Price. Enter the figures in the payroll register. 6. Compute the net amount due to each employee and enter the figures in the payroll register. 7. Bahamon and Russell are office workers. Garcia and Price are delivery workers. 8. Prepare a general journal entry to record the payroll for the week ended December 21, 20X1. 9. Prepare a general journal entry on December 23 to summarize payment of wages for the week. Analyze: What percentage of total taxable wages was delivery wages? Payroll Register General Journal Analyze Compute the regular, overtime, gross earnings; social security fax and Medicare tax to be withheld from each employee's earnings. Assume a 6.2 percent social security 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 employee's total earnings. (Use the table shown in Figure 10.2A & Figure 10.28 whichever is applicable) to determine the withholding for Russell. Withholdings for Baha and $252.00 for Price. Finally compute the net amount due of each employee. (Bahamon and Russell are office workers. Garcia and Price are delivery workers.) (Round ye answers to 2 decimal places.) Week Beginning: December 15, 20x1 Paid: December 23, 20X1 Distribution ayroll Register And ending: December 21, 20x1 Earnings Taxable wages Deductions Employee Regular time earnings Overtime earnings Gross earnings Cumulative earnings Social Medicare security Social security Medicare Income tax Net amount Office wages Delivery wages Horia Bahamon Jax Garcia Son Price ara Russel $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0 0.00 $ General Journal >