On January 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, Regis Company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $21,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. Withholdings from the employees' salaries include FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,560 of federal income taxes, $1,370 of medical insurance deductions, and $960 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period.

Prepare the journal entry to record Regis Company's January 8 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.

Prepare the journal entry to record Regiss (employer) payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll. Regiss merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 2% of the first $7,000 paid each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%.