Question: Im having problems with these 2 questions. Chen Company completed the following transactions and events involving its delivery trucks. 2010 Jan. 1 Paid $20,515 cash

Im having problems with these 2 questions.

Chen Company completed the following transactions and events involving its delivery trucks.

2010
Jan. 1

Paid $20,515 cash plus $1,785 in sales tax for a new delivery truck estimated to have a five-year life and a $2,000 salvage value. Delivery truck costs are recorded in the Trucks account.

Dec. 31 Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the truck.

2011
Dec. 31

Due to new information obtained earlier in the year, the truck%u2019s estimated useful life was changed from five to four years, and the estimated salvage value was increased to $2,700. Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the truck.

2012
Dec. 31

Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the truck.

Dec. 31 Sold the truck for $5,400 cash.

Required:

Prepare journal entries to record these transactions and events in the given order. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Date General Journal Debit Credit
Jan. 1, 2010
Dec. 31, 2010
Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2012

On January 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, Royal Company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $27,760 of office salaries and $60,840 of sales salaries. Withholdings from the employees' salaries include FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,060 of federal income taxes, $1,450 of medical insurance deductions, and $780 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period.

Required:
1.1

Calculate FICA Social Security taxes payable and FICA Medicare taxes payable by the employees of Royal Company. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

FICA%u2014Social sec. taxes payable $
FICA%u2014Medicare taxes payable $

1.2

Prepare the journal entry to record Royal Company's January 8 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Date General Journal Debit Credit
Jan. 8

2.

Prepare the journal entry to record Royal's (employer) payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll. Royal's merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 2% of the first $7,000 paid each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Date General Journal Debit Credit
Jan. 8

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