1. Paying payroll 2. Recording employer payroll taxes 3. Paying employee and employer payroll taxes Solvency Metric Net Assets Profitability Metric Earnings per Share Decrease Increase No effect
1. Paying payroll 2. Recording employer payroll taxes 3. Paying employee and employer payroll taxes Solvency Metric Net Assets Profitability Metric Earnings per Share Decrease Increase No effect
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![The following information about the payroll for the week ended September 15 was obtained from the records of Simkins Mining Co.:
Salaries and wages:
Deductions:
Sales salaries
Employee Wages
Office salaries
$15,000
20,000
10,000
$45,000
Income tax withheld
U.S. savings bonds
Group insurance
Tax rates assumed:
FICA tax, 7.5% of employee annual earnings
State unemployment (employer only), 4.2%
Federal unemployment (employer only), 0.8%
Indicate the effects on net assets and EPS of each of the following:
1. Recording and paying the payroll.
2. Recording the employer payroll taxes.
3. Paying the employee and employer payroll taxes.
1. Paying payroll
2. Recording employer payroll taxes
3. Paying employee and employer payroll taxes
Solvency Metric
Net Assets
$8,500
1,000
3,000
Profitability Metric
Earnings per Share
Decrease
Increase
No effect](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F787dfca9-1316-4c04-acb1-224fdeb0fb69%2F1c06f4b3-3f41-4fb8-84ec-80a943897b4e%2Fe1mida_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The following information about the payroll for the week ended September 15 was obtained from the records of Simkins Mining Co.:
Salaries and wages:
Deductions:
Sales salaries
Employee Wages
Office salaries
$15,000
20,000
10,000
$45,000
Income tax withheld
U.S. savings bonds
Group insurance
Tax rates assumed:
FICA tax, 7.5% of employee annual earnings
State unemployment (employer only), 4.2%
Federal unemployment (employer only), 0.8%
Indicate the effects on net assets and EPS of each of the following:
1. Recording and paying the payroll.
2. Recording the employer payroll taxes.
3. Paying the employee and employer payroll taxes.
1. Paying payroll
2. Recording employer payroll taxes
3. Paying employee and employer payroll taxes
Solvency Metric
Net Assets
$8,500
1,000
3,000
Profitability Metric
Earnings per Share
Decrease
Increase
No effect
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