James Marbury is the payroll accountant at All's Fair Gifts. The employees of All's Fair Gifts are paid semimonthly. Lauren Stenn comes to him on April 2 and requests a pay advance of $1,000, which Lauren will pay back in equal parts on the April 15 and May 15 paychecks. Lauren is single with one dependent under 17 and is paid $50,000 per year. Lauren contributes 3 percent of gross pay to a 401(k) and has $125 per paycheck deducted for a Section 125 plan.

Required: Compute the net pay on Lauren's April 15 paycheck. The applicable state income tax rate is 5.25 percent. Use the percentage method for manual payroll systems with Forms W-4 from 2020 or later in Appendix C to determine the federal income tax. Assume box 2 is not checked.