An employee earns $5,500 per month working for an employer. The FICA tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% of the first $128,400 earned each calendar year and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The current FUTA tax rate is 0.6%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The employee has $182 in federal income taxes withheld. The employee has voluntary deductions for health insurance of $150 and contributes $75 to a retirement plan each month. What is the amount of net pay for the employee for the month of January? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)
An employee earns $5,500 per month working for an employer. The FICA tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% of the first $128,400 earned each calendar year and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The current FUTA tax rate is 0.6%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The employee has $182 in federal income taxes withheld. The employee has voluntary deductions for health insurance of $150 and contributes $75 to a retirement plan each month. What is the amount of net pay for the employee for the month of January? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)
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![An employee earns $5,500 per month working for an employer. The FICA tax rate
for Social Security is 6.2% of the first $128,400 earned each calendar year and the
FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The current FUTA tax rate is
0.6%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the
first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The employee has $182 in federal income taxes
withheld. The employee has voluntary deductions for health insurance of $150 and
contributes $75 to a retirement plan each month. What is the amount of net pay for
the employee for the month of January? (Round your intermediate calculations to
two decimal places.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F6a5d8f3f-7176-4a14-9d9f-2f715acfc699%2Fbba9bfe3-947d-44f8-a1aa-34007b05d48c%2Fdeuhlvf.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:An employee earns $5,500 per month working for an employer. The FICA tax rate
for Social Security is 6.2% of the first $128,400 earned each calendar year and the
FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The current FUTA tax rate is
0.6%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the
first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The employee has $182 in federal income taxes
withheld. The employee has voluntary deductions for health insurance of $150 and
contributes $75 to a retirement plan each month. What is the amount of net pay for
the employee for the month of January? (Round your intermediate calculations to
two decimal places.)
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