Note: In this chapter and in all succeeding work throughout the course, unless instructed otherwise, use the following rates, ceiling, and maximum taxes.

Employee and Employer OASDI:	6.20%	$127,200	$7,886.40
Employee* and Employer HI:	1.45%	No limit	No maximum
Self-employed OASDI:	12.4%	$127,200	$15,772.80
Self-employed HI:	2.9%	No limit	No maximum

1.	Carry the hourly rate and the overtime rate to 3 decimal places and then round off to 2 decimal places (round the hourly rate to 2 decimal places before multiplying by one and one-half to determine the over-time rate).
2.	If the third decimal place is 5 or more, round to the next higher cent.
3.	If the third decimal place is less than 5, simply drop the third decimal place.
	Examples:	Monthly rate $1,827 Weekly rate ($1,827 12)/52 = $421.615 rounded to $421.62 Hourly rate $421.62/40 = $10.540 rounded to $10.54 O.T. rate $10.54 1.5 = $15.81

Also, use the minimum hourly wage of $7.25 in solving these problems and all that follow.

*Employee HI: Plus an additional 0.9% on wages over $200,000. Also applicable to self-employed.

Example 3-1

Example 3-2

Wallington Company has 100 employees, each earning $525.25 a week.

OASDI
Amount of OASDI tax withheld from each employee's paycheck each week:		$32.57		(6.2% $525.25)
Total tax withheld from the 100 employees' wages:		$3,257.00		($32.57 100)
Tax on employer:		$3,256.55		[6.2% ($525.25 100)]
HI
Amount of HI tax withheld from each employee's paycheck each week:		$7.62		(1.45% $525.25)
Total tax withheld from the 100 employees' wages is:		$762.00		($7.62 100)
Tax on employer:		$761.61		[1.45% ($525.25 100)]

Volpe Corporation has only four employees who are all paid $1,140 per week. Compute the total FICA taxes that the employer would withhold from the four employees each week and the amount the company would pay as its own liability for the employer's share of the FICA taxes on the weekly wages of the four employees:

Round your taxable wages per paycheck to the nearest cent.

Employees' total OASDI	$_______
Employees' total HI	$_________
Employer's total OASDI	$_______
Employer's total HI	$______________