Recording Payroll and Payroll Taxes The following information about the payroll for the week ended September 15 was obtained from the records of Simkins Mining Co.: Tax rates assumed: FICA tax, 7.5% of employee annual earnings State unemployment (employer only), 4.2% Federal unemployment (employer only), 0.8% Indicate the effects on net assets and EPS of each of the following: 1. Recording and paying the payroll. 2. Recording the employer payroll taxes. 3. Paying the employee and employer payroll taxes