Marbury is the payroll accountant at All’s Fair Gifts. The employees of All’s Fair Gifts are paid semimonthly. Sten comes to Marbury on April 7 and requests a pay advance of $1,000, which Sten will pay back in equal parts on the April 15 and May 15 paychecks. Sten is single, with one dependent under 17, is paid $50,000 per year, contributes 3 percent of gross pay to a 401(k), and has $125 per paycheck deducted for a Section 125 plan. Compute the net pay on Sten’s April 15 paycheck. The applicable state income tax rate is 5.25 percent. Use the wage-bracket method for manual payroll systems with Forms W-4 from 2020 or later in Appendix C to determine the federal income tax. Assume box 2 is not checked.

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Filing Period Name Status Dependents Wage Sten Sten Hourly Rate or No. of No. of Name Regular Overtime Hours Hours Hours ions Taxable Wages for Federal/State No. of Holiday Commiss- Gross Gross Earnings W/H Taxable Wages for FICA W/H Tax Social Federal Security Earnings 401(k) 125 Taxable Wages for Section Federal/ State W/H Medicare State W/H Tax W/H Tax Advance Taxable Wages for FICA Net Pay