The following summary data for the payroll period ended December 27, 2018, are available for Cayman Coating

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The following summary data for the payroll period ended December 27, 2018, are available for Cayman Coating Co.:

Gross pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $258,000
FICA tax withholdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      ?
Income tax withholdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,960
Group hospitalization insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,810
Employee contributions to pension plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      ?
Total deductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,475
Net pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      ?


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∙ For employees, FICA tax rates for 2018 were 7.65% on the first $128,400 of each employee’s annual earnings. However, no employees had accumulated earnings for the year in excess of the $128,400 limit.

∙ For employers, FICA tax rates for 2018 were also 7.65% on the first $128,400 of each employee’s annual earnings.

∙ The federal and state unemployment compensation tax rates are 0.6% and 5.4%, respectively. These rates are levied against the employer for the first $7,000 of each employee’s annual earnings. Only $27,000 of the gross pay amount for the December 27, 2018, pay period was owed to employees who were still under the annual limit. 


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Assuming that Cayman Coating Co.’s payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on January 3, 2019, use the horizontal model (or write the journal entry) to record the effects of the December 27, 2018, entries for:

a. Accrued payroll.

b. Accrued payroll taxes.

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Accounting What the Numbers Mean

ISBN: 978-1260565492

12th edition

Authors: David Marshall, Wayne McManus, Daniel Viele

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