Joseph Farmer earned $128,000 in 2020 for a company in Kentucky. He is single with one dependent
Question:
Joseph Farmer earned $128,000 in 2020 for a company in Kentucky. He is single with one dependent under 17 and is paid monthly. The FUTA rate in Kentucky for 2020 is 0.6 percent on the first $7,000 of employee wages, and the SUTA rate is 5.4 percent with a wage base of $10,800. Use the percentage method (or the IRS federal income tax withholding assistant) in Appendix C and the state information in Appendix D. Manual payroll system is used and Box 2 is not checked.
Required:
Compute the following employee share of the taxes. (Do not round intermediate calculation. Round your final answer to 2 decimal
Federal income tax withholding_____________________
Social Security tax______________________
Medicare tax__________________
State income tax withholding___________________
Fundamentals of Taxation 2018
ISBN: 9781259713736
11th Edition
Authors: Ana M. Cruz Dr., Michael Deschamps, Frederick Niswander, Debra Prendergast, Dan Schisler