Additional Medal Points

It has been said before ... so how about one more time, practice, practice, practice. Determine the federal withholding for each employee.

Lucien Laurin earns $2,190 semimonthly. He claims 4 allowances and is married.

Employee: Laurin, Lucien
Semimonthly Earnings	$2,190.00
Federal Income Tax Withholding:	$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_1

Dale Earnhardt earns $2,210 monthly. He claims 2 allowances and is single.

Employee: Earnhardt, Dale
Monthly Earnings	$2,210.00
Federal Income Tax Withholding:	$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_2

Alex Rodriguez earns $5,385.00 monthly. Additional information necessary to determine Alex's tax withholding can be found on his attached W-4

Note: Enter ALL values as positive numbers.

	Description			Calculation
1.	Determine the amount of gross wages, rounded to the nearest dollar.			$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_3
2.	Enter the value of the allowances based on the payroll period.		$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_4
3.	Multiply the allowance value by the employee allowances claimed		fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_5	(fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_6)
4.	Subtract allowances from gross pay, referred to as excess wages			$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_7
5.	Identify the correct bracket. Wages starting at $fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_8 but not over $fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_9		$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_10 (fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_11)
6.	Determine the value over the starting wage for this bracket		$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_12
7.	Multiply the overage by the tax rate in the table (enter as a decimal).		fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_13
				$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_14
8.	Add the bracket minimum tax.			fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_15
9.	Add the two amounts together, total withholding for Alex Rodriguez.			$fill in the blank 98533dfa9046f95_16