For each employee, first calculate gross pay. Then determine taxable income used to calculate federal income tax
Question:
For each employee, first calculate gross pay. Then determine taxable income used to calculate federal income tax withholding, Social Security tax, and Medicare tax. For simplicity, all calculations throughout this exercise, both intermediate and final, should be rounded to two decimal places at each calculation.
1. An employee works 37 regular hours during a workweek in August of 2018. He was hired four years ago, earns a salary of $135,100/year, and is exempt from the overtime provisions of the FLSA. To date, he has received no compensation beyond his annual salary. He has requested that his employer withhold 8% of gross pay, which is to be contributed to a 401(k) plan. Taxable income for federal income tax withholding = $ ?
Taxable income for social security tax = $ ?
Taxable income for medicare tax = $ ?
2. An employee works 50 hours (50 - 40 were overtime hours) during a workweek in December of 2018. He earns $9,500/month, with his employer paying 1.5 times the regular rate of pay for overtime hours. To date, he has earned $109,700 during the year. He has requested that his employer withhold 13% of gross pay to contribute to a 403(b) plan.
Taxable income for federal income tax withholding = $ ?
Taxable income for social security tax = $ ?
Taxable income for medicare tax = $?
Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning 2016 Edition
ISBN: 9781259549250
19th edition
Authors: Sally Jones, Shelley Rhoades Catanach