Question: McLaughlin Manufacturing has the following data available for its March 31, 2009, payroll: Wages earned ...............$366,000* Federal income tax withheld ........ 91,800 State income tax

McLaughlin Manufacturing has the following data available for its March 31, 2009, payroll:

Wages earned ...............$366,000*

Federal income tax withheld ........ 91,800

State income tax withheld ......... 8,600

* All subject to Social Security and Medicare matching and withholding at 6.2% and 1.45%, respectively.

Federal unemployment tax at 3.2 percent is payable on wages of $7,000, and state unemployment tax at 3.0 percent is payable on the same amount of wages.


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Compute the taxes payable and wages that will be paid to employees. Then prepare the journal entries to record the wages earned and the payroll taxes.


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