The names of the employees of Cox Security Systems and their regular salaries are shown in the following payroll register. Note that Hall and Short are paid monthly on the last payday, while all others are paid weekly.

In addition to the regular salaries, the company pays an annual bonus based on the amount of earnings for the year. For the current year, the bonus amounts to 8% of the annual salary paid to each employee. The bonus is to be paid along with the regular salaries on December 27, 20--, but the amount of the bonus and the amount of the regular salary will be shown separately on each employee's earnings statement. Assume that all employees received their regular salary during the entire year.

Prepare the payroll for the pay period ending December 27, 20--, showing the following for each employee:

• Use the wage-bracket method to withhold federal income tax from the regular salaries.
• Withhold a flat 22% on the annual bonus.
• Total salaries and bonuses are subject to a 2% state income tax and a 1% city income tax.

Enter all amounts as positive numbers. And round all values to the nearest cent.

As we go to press, the federal income tax rates for 2021 are being determined by budget talks in Washington and not available for publication. For this edition, the 2020 federal income tax tables for Manual Systems with Forms W-4 from 2020 or later with Standard Withholding and 2020 FICA rates have been used.

Click here to access the Wage-Bracket Method Tables.

For Period Ending December 27, 20--

Employee Name		No. of	Earnings			Deductions
	Filing	W/H		(a)	(b)	(c) FICA		(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
	Status	Allowances	Regular	Supp'l.	Total	OASDI	HI	FIT	SIT	CIT	Net Pay
Hall, Michael	MFJ	N/A	$3,500.00*	$fill in the blank 1	$fill in the blank 2	$fill in the blank 3	$fill in the blank 4	$fill in the blank 5	$fill in the blank 6	$fill in the blank 7	$fill in the blank 8
Short, Joy T.	MFJ	N/A	2,750.00*	fill in the blank 9	fill in the blank 10	fill in the blank 11	fill in the blank 12	fill in the blank 13	fill in the blank 14	fill in the blank 15	fill in the blank 16
Abbott, Linda	S	N/A	520.00	fill in the blank 17	fill in the blank 18	fill in the blank 19	fill in the blank 20	fill in the blank 21	fill in the blank 22	fill in the blank 23	fill in the blank 24
Smith, Joseph	MFJ	N/A	465.00	fill in the blank 25	fill in the blank 26	fill in the blank 27	fill in the blank 28	fill in the blank 29	fill in the blank 30	fill in the blank 31	fill in the blank 32
Tols, Sean M.	MFJ	N/A	380.00	fill in the blank 33	fill in the blank 34	fill in the blank 35	fill in the blank 36	fill in the blank 37	fill in the blank 38	fill in the blank 39	fill in the blank 40
Gillespie, Michelle	S	N/A	350.00	fill in the blank 41	fill in the blank 42	fill in the blank 43	fill in the blank 44	fill in the blank 45	fill in the blank 46	fill in the blank 47	fill in the blank 48
Smart, Jennifer	MFJ	N/A	575.00	fill in the blank 49	fill in the blank 50	fill in the blank 51	fill in the blank 52	fill in the blank 53	fill in the blank 54	fill in the blank 55	fill in the blank 56
White, Matthew J.	S	N/A	425.00	fill in the blank 57	fill in the blank 58	fill in the blank 59	fill in the blank 60	fill in the blank 61	fill in the blank 62	fill in the blank 63	fill in the blank 64
Totals			$fill in the blank 65	$fill in the blank 66	$fill in the blank 67	$fill in the blank 68	$fill in the blank 69	$fill in the blank 70	$fill in the blank 71	$fill in the blank 72	$fill in the blank 73

*Monthly

Compute the employer's FICA taxes for the pay period ending December 27, 20--.

OASDI Taxes		HI Taxes
OASDI taxable earnings	$fill in the blank 74	HI taxable earnings	$fill in the blank 75
OASDI taxes	$fill in the blank 76	HI taxes	$fill in the blank 77