Wage and tax statement data on employer FICA tax

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:

Employee	Date First Employed	Monthly Salary	Monthly Income Tax Withheld
Arnett	Nov. 16	$6,000	$1,132
Cruz	Jan. 2	4,600	798
Edwards	Oct. 1	8,200	1,632
Harvin	Dec. 1	5,900	1,052
Nicks	Feb. 1	12,000	2,820
Shiancoe	Mar. 1	11,300	2,533
Ward	Nov. 16	4,700	788

Required:

1. Compute the amounts to be reported for the year on each employees Wage and Tax Statement (Form W-2). Enter all amounts as positive numbers. When required, round your answres to two decimal places.

Employee	Gross Earnings	Federal Income Tax Withheld	Social Security Tax Withheld	Medicare Tax Withheld
Arnett	$fill in the blank 1	$fill in the blank 2	$fill in the blank 3	$fill in the blank 4
Cruz	fill in the blank 5	fill in the blank 6	fill in the blank 7	fill in the blank 8
Edwards	fill in the blank 9	fill in the blank 10	fill in the blank 11	fill in the blank 12
Harvin	fill in the blank 13	fill in the blank 14	fill in the blank 15	fill in the blank 16
Nicks	fill in the blank 17	fill in the blank 18	fill in the blank 19	fill in the blank 20
Shiancoe	fill in the blank 21	fill in the blank 22	fill in the blank 23	fill in the blank 24
Ward	fill in the blank 25	fill in the blank 26	fill in the blank 27	fill in the blank 28
Total	$fill in the blank 29	$fill in the blank 30	$fill in the blank 31	$fill in the blank 32

2. Compute the following employer payroll taxes for the year: (a) social security, (b) Medicare, (c) state unemployment compensation at 5.4% on the first $10,000 of each employees earnings, (d) federal unemployment compensation at 0.8% on the first $10,000 of each employees earnings, and (e) total. Round your answers to two decimal places.

Payroll Taxes	Amount
(a)	$fill in the blank 33
(b)	fill in the blank 34
(c)	fill in the blank 35
(d)	fill in the blank 36
(e)	$fill in the blank 37

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