Question: Please use the word document provided, and not an excel sheet. Name: Homework Week 7 Payroll (1) In November, gross earnings at the Humpty Dumpty

Please use the word document provided, and not an excel sheet.

Please use the word document provided, and not an excel sheet. Name:

Name: Homework Week 7 Payroll (1) In November, gross earnings at the Humpty Dumpty Riding Company were $100,000. All earnings are subject to 7.65% FICA taxes. Federal income tax withheld was $20,000, and State income tax withheld was $1,600. (1) Calculate net pay for November and, (2) journalize the payroll. (2) In March, the payroll supervisor determines that gross earnings for Horseless Carriage Rides are $120,000. All earnings are subject to 7.65% FICA taxes, 5.4% state unemployment taxes and, .8% Federal unemployment taxes. Journalize the employers payroll taxes. Date Account Debit Credit (3) The employee payroll records indicate the following total earnings for 2 employees through the pay period ending December 10. Jim Smith $93,500 Lonnie Marshall $108,100 For the pay period ending December 31, 2015, each employees' gross earnings are $4,500. The FICA tax rate is 7.65% on earnings up to $110,100. In other words, any income above $110,100 is not subject to FICA tax. Though we are not concerned with Medicare in this problem, Medicare is 1.45% of earnings with no limit. Calculate the FICA withholdings that should be made for each employee for for the pay period ending December 31. NOTE: For your information, I didn't bring up the fact that Social Security Tax is really 6.2% with the limit and Medicare is an additional 1.45% for a total of 7.65%. Medicare has no income limit

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