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You just answered a question for me and did a great job! Much appreciated. However, I missed that there was another section to this question (section b).

Wildhorse Hardware Companys payroll for November 2017 is summarized below.

Amount Subject to Payroll Taxes

Unemployment Tax

Payroll

Wages Due

FICA

Federal

State

Factory

$122,700

$122,700

$41,000

$41,000

Sales

29,300

29,300

3,700

3,700

Administrative

33,300

33,300

Total

$185,300

$185,300

$44,700

$44,700

At this point in the year, some employees have already received wages in excess of those to which payroll taxes apply. Assume that the state unemployment tax is 2.5%. The FICA rate is 7.65% on an employees wages to $118,500 and 1.45% in excess of $118,500. Of the $185,300 wages subject to FICA tax, $18,600 of the sales wages is in excess of $118,500. Federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8% after credits. Income tax withheld amounts to $16,000 for factory, $7,400 for sales, and $6,500 for administrative.

(a)

Your answer is correct.

Prepare a schedule showing the employers total cost of wages for November by function. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)

Factory

Sales

Administrative

Total

Salaries and Wages

$

$

$

$

FICA Taxes

FUTA Taxes

SUTA Taxes

Total Cost

$

$

$

$

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(b)

Prepare the journal entries to record the factory, sales, and administrative payrolls including the employers payroll taxes. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,125.)

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

Factory Payroll:

(To record salaries and wages expense.)

(To record payroll tax expense.)

Sales Payroll:

(To record salaries and wages expense.)

(To record payroll tax expense.)

Administrative Payroll:

(To record salaries and wages expense.)

(To record payroll tax expense.)

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