At the end of each month, a company pays its employees. Payroll information below is for January, the first month of the fiscal year. Assume that none of the employees exceeds the Federal unemployment tax maximum salary of $7,000 in January.           Salaries $ 1,000,000   Federal and state income taxes withheld   150,000   Federal unemployment tax rate   0.80 % State unemployment tax rate (after FUTA deduction)   5.40 % Social Security (FICA) tax rate   7.65 %   Record salaries expense and payroll tax expense for the January pay period. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)   1- record the employee salary expense and withholdings  2- record the employer payroll taxes

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At the end of each month, a company pays its employees. Payroll information below is for January, the first month of the fiscal year. Assume that none of the employees exceeds the Federal unemployment tax maximum salary of $7,000 in January.
 

       
Salaries $ 1,000,000  
Federal and state income taxes withheld   150,000  
Federal unemployment tax rate   0.80 %
State unemployment tax rate (after FUTA deduction)   5.40 %
Social Security (FICA) tax rate   7.65 %
 


Record salaries expense and payroll tax expense for the January pay period. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)

 

1- record the employee salary expense and withholdings 

2- record the employer payroll taxes

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