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 $2,178 semimonthly. He claims 4 allowances and is married.

Employee: Laurin, Lucien
Semimonthly Earnings	$2,178.00
Federal Income Tax Withholding:	$

Dale Earnhardt earns $2,282 monthly. He claims 2 allowances and is single.

Employee: Earnhardt, Dale
Monthly Earnings	$2,282.00
Federal Income Tax Withholding:	$

Alex Rodriguez earns $6,370.00 semimonthly. 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.			$
2.	Enter the value of the allowances based on the payroll period.		$
3.	Multiply the allowance value by the employee allowances claimed			()
4.	Subtract allowances from gross pay, referred to as excess wages			$
5.	Identify the correct bracket. Wages starting at $ but not over $		$ ()
6.	Determine the value over the starting wage for this bracket		$
7.	Multiply the overage by the tax rate in the table (enter as a decimal).
				$
8.	Add the bracket minimum tax.
9.	Add the two amounts together, total withholding for Alex Rodriguez.			$