Delta Company pays salaries and wages on the last day of each month. Payments made on December 31, 20X1, for amounts incurred during December are shown below. Cumulative amounts paid prior to the December 31 payroll for the persons named are also shown.

1. Francis Fisher, president, gross monthly salary, $11,900; gross earnings paid prior to December 31, $130,900.
2. Sandy Swartz, vice president, gross monthly salary, $10,750; gross earnings paid prior to December 31, $107,500.
3. Juan Rios, independent accountant who audits the companys accounts and performs certain consulting services, $10,750; gross amount paid prior to December 31, $26,875.
4. Harry House, treasurer, gross monthly salary, $5,750; gross earnings paid prior to December 31, $63,250.
5. Payment to Daily Security Services for Eddie Martin, a security guard who is on duty on Saturdays and Sundays, $1,150; amount paid to Daily Security Services prior to December 31, $11,500.

Required:

1. Assume a 1.45 percent Medicare tax rate on all salaries and wages earned by the employee during the year. Assume a 6.2 percent social security rate on the first $132,900 earned by the employee during the year and prepare a schedule showing the following information:
   1. Each employees cumulative earnings prior to December 31.
   2. Each employees gross earnings for December.
   3. The amounts to be withheld for each payroll tax from each employees earnings (employee income tax withholdings for Fisher are $3,180; for Swartz, $2,600; and for House, $900).
   4. The net amount due each employee.
   5. The total gross earnings, the total of each payroll tax deduction, and the total net amount payable to employees.
2. Record the general journal entry for the companys payroll on December 31.
3. Record the general journal entry for payments to employees on December 31.
4. Analyze: What is the balance of the Salaries Payable account after all payroll entries have been posted for the month?

A. Assume a 6.2 percent social security rate on the first $132,900 earned by the employee during the year and prepare a schedule showing the following information

B. Prepare the December 31 general journal entries to record the companys payroll expense and payment to employees.

Record the company's payroll to be paid at a later date.

Record the entry to summarize payment of the payroll.

C. What is the balance of the Salaries Payable account after all payroll entries have been posted for the month?