Calculating Social Security and Medicare Taxes Assume a Social Security tax rate of 6.2% is applied to maximum earnings of $128,400 and a Medicare tax rate of 1.45% is applied to all earnings. Calculate the Social Security and Medicare taxes for the following situations: If required, round your answers to the nearest cent. Cumul. Pay Before Current Amount Current Weekly Payroll Gross Pay Year-to-Date Earnings Soc. Sec. Maximum Over Max. Soc. Sec. Amount Subject to Soc. Sec. Soc. Sec. Tax Withheld Medicare Tax Withheld $30,400 $1,420 $128,400 52,800 2,600 128,400 126,300 3,500 128,400 128,000 2,960 128,400
Calculating Social Security and Medicare Taxes Assume a Social Security tax rate of 6.2% is applied to maximum earnings of $128,400 and a Medicare tax rate of 1.45% is applied to all earnings. Calculate the Social Security and Medicare taxes for the following situations: If required, round your answers to the nearest cent. Cumul. Pay Before Current Amount Current Weekly Payroll Gross Pay Year-to-Date Earnings Soc. Sec. Maximum Over Max. Soc. Sec. Amount Subject to Soc. Sec. Soc. Sec. Tax Withheld Medicare Tax Withheld $30,400 $1,420 $128,400 52,800 2,600 128,400 126,300 3,500 128,400 128,000 2,960 128,400
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Assume a Social Security tax rate of 6.2% is applied to maximum earnings of $128,400 and a Medicare tax rate of 1.45% is applied to all earnings. Calculate the Social Security and Medicare taxes for the following situations:
If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.
Cumul. Pay
Before Current
Amount
Current
Weekly Payroll
Gross Pay
Year-to-Date
Earnings
Soc. Sec.
Maximum
Over Max.
Soc. Sec.
Amount
Subject to
Soc. Sec.
Soc. Sec. Tax
Withheld
Medicare
Tax
Withheld
$30,400
$1,420
$128,400
52,800
2,600
128,400
126,300
3,500
128,400
128,000
2,960
128,400
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