The payroll register of Exterior Cleaning Company showed total employee earnings of $5,000 for the payroll period

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The payroll register of Exterior Cleaning Company showed total employee earnings of $5,000 for the payroll period ended July 14.


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1. Compute the employer’s payroll taxes for the period. Use rates of 6.2 percent for the employer’s share of the social security tax, 1.45 percent for Medicare tax, 0.6 percent for FUTA tax, and 5.4 percent for SUTA tax. All earnings are taxable.
2. Prepare a general journal entry to record the employer’s payroll taxes for the period. 


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Which of the above taxes are paid by the employee and matched by the employer?

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College Accounting A Contemporary Approach

ISBN: 9781260780352

5th Edition

Authors: David Haddock, John Price, Michael Farina

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