Since the SUTA rates changes are made at the end of each year and there is much discussion about changes to the FUTA rate, the available 2017 rates were used for FUTA and SUTA.

Note: For this textbook edition the rate 0.6% was used for the FUTA tax rate for employers.

Example 5-8

The Iqbal Company of Georgia had a FUTA taxable payroll of $215,600 and a SUTA taxable payroll of $255,700 with a 5.6 percent SUTA tax rate. The company would pay unemployment taxes of:

FUTA $215,600 0.006	=	$1,293.60
SUTA $255,700 0.056	=	14,319.20
Total taxes		$15,612.80

Kresloff Company has only two employees and is located in a state that has set an unemployment tax for the company of 4.8 percent on the first $12,000 of each employees earnings. Both employees are paid the same amount each week ($900) and have earned $11,500 up to this weeks pay. The unemployment taxes that the company must pay for this weeks pay would be $48. FUTA tax (both over $7,000) = $0.00 SUTA tax ($1,000 0.048) = $48.00 ($500 of each employees pay is under the state taxable limit of $12,000)

Garrison Shops had a SUTA tax rate of 3.7%. The state's taxable limit was $8,000 of each employee's earnings. For the year, Garrison Shops had FUTA taxable wages of $67,900 and SUTA taxable wages of $83,900. Compute:

Round your answers to the nearest cent.

a. Net FUTA tax	$
b. Net SUTA tax	$