Payroll Entries The payroll register for D. Salah Company for the week ended May 18 indicated the following: Salaries $615,000 Federal income tax withheld 165,000 The salaries were all subject to the 6.0% social security tax and the 1.5% Medicare tax. In addition, state and federal unemployment taxes were calculated at the rate of 5.4% and 0.8%, respectively, on $45,000 of salaries. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. a. Journalize the entry to record the payroll for the week of May 18. May 18 b. Journalize the entry to record the payroll tax expense incurred for the week of May 18. May 18 Ehrlich Co. began business on January 2. Salaries were paid to employees on the last day of each month, and social security tax, Medicare tax, and federal income tax were withheld in the required amounts. An employee who is hired in the middle of the month receives half the monthly salary for that month. All required payroll tax reports were filed, and the correct amount of payroll taxes was remitted by the company for the calendar year. Early in the following year, before the Wage and Tax Statements (Form W-2) could be prepared for distribution to employees and for filing with the Social Security Administration, the employees' earnings records were inadvertently destroyed. None of the employees resigned or were discharged during the year, and there were no changes in salary rates. The social security tax was withheld at the rate of 6.0% and Medicare tax at the rate of 1.5% on salary. Data on dates of employment, salary rates, and employees income taxes withheld, which are summarized as follows, were obtained from personnel records and payroll records