Using the $2016$ rates, determine the Social Security

and Medicare taxes paid by the employer on an

employee that is paid $$75,800$ in wages for the year.

Davis$-$Bacon act to be paid $$30\mathrm{.}05$ per hour in wages

and $$12\mathrm{.}93$ per hour in fringe benefits. The typi

cal plumber works $50$ hour per week for $52$ weeks

of the year. The employer must comply with the

overtime requirements in the Fair Labor Standards

Act. The employer plans on covering the $$12\mathrm{.}93$ for

fringe benefits by paying them as wages. Determine

the wages paid to a typical plumber and the number

of billable hours during a one$-$year period.

the Davis$-$Bacon act to be paid $$30\mathrm{.}05$ per hour

in wages and $$12\mathrm{.}93$ per hour in fringe benefits.

The typical plumber works $50$ hour per week for

$47$ weeks of the year and is given $5$ weeks off in

the form of vacation, holidays, and sick leave $($for

which the plumbers are paid for $40$ hours per week$).$

The employer must comply with the overtime

requirements in the Fair Labor Standards Act. The

employer plans on covering the $$12\mathrm{.}93$ for fringe

benefits by providing $$Bona fide$$ fringe benefits.

Determine the wages paid to the typical plumber

during the year, the number of billable hours, and

the amount of fringe benefits $($in addition to holi

days, vacation, and sick leave$)$ that the employer

must provide.

for $16$ weeks of the year and $40$ hour per week

for $32$ weeks of the year, and gets $4$ weeks off in

the form of vacation, holidays, and sick leave $($for

which the drywall finishers are paid for $40$ hours

per week$).$ The typical drywall finisher is paid

$$25\mathrm{.}78$ per hour. The employer must comply with

the overtime requirements in the Fair Labor Stand

ards Act. Determine the wages paid to a typical

drywall finisher and the number of billable hours

during a one$-$year period. Assume that all hours are

billable except holidays, vacation, and sick leave