Question: Ramirez Company has the following data for the weekly payroll ending January 31. Hours Employee M T W T F S Hourly Rate Fed Income
| Ramirez Company has the following data for the weekly payroll ending January 31. | ||||||||||||||
| Hours | ||||||||||||||
| Employee | M | T | W | T | F | S | Hourly Rate | Fed Income Tax Withholding | Health Ins | |||||
| L. Helton | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | $ 12.00 | $ 34 | $ 10 | |||||
| R. Kenseth | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 14.00 | 37 | 25 | |||||
| D. Tavaras | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 15.00 | 58 | 25 | |||||
| Employees are paid 1 1/2 times the regular hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. FICA taxes are 7.65% on the first $117,000 of gross earnings. Ramirez Company is subject to 5.4% state unemployment tax and .08% federal enemployment taxes on the first $7,000 of gross earnings. | ||||||||||||||
| Instructions | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Prepare the payroll register for the weekly payroll. | |||||||||||||
| (b) | Prepare the journal entries to record the payroll and Ramirez's payroll tax expense. | |||||||||||||
| (a) | ||||||||||||||
| Ramirez Company | ||||||||||||||
| Payroll Register | ||||||||||||||
| For the week ending January 31, 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Earnings | Deductions | |||||||||||||
| Employee | Total Hours | Regular | Overtime | Gross Pay | FICA Taxes | Fed Income Taxes | Health Ins | Total | Net Pay | |||||
| L. Helton | $ 34.00 | $ 10.00 | $ 44.00 | |||||||||||
| R. Kenseth | 37.00 | 25.00 | 62.00 | |||||||||||
| D. Tavaras | 58.00 | 25.00 | 83.00 | |||||||||||
| Totals | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $129.00 | $ 60.00 | $189.00 | $ - | ||||||
| E11-11 | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Debit | Credit | ||||||||||||
| Jan. | 31 | Select Account | ||||||||||||
| Select Account | ||||||||||||||
| Fed Income Taxes Payable | 129.00 | |||||||||||||
| Health Ins Payable | 60.00 | |||||||||||||
| Select Account | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | Select Account | |||||||||||||
| Select Account | ||||||||||||||
| Select Account | ||||||||||||||
| Select Account | ||||||||||||||
Step by Step Solution
There are 3 Steps involved in it
1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!
Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts
Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock
