Employee Earnings Record Mary’s Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table. Refer to Figure 8-4 in the text. The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22, 20—, are given. Employees are paid 1½ times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week. Name No. ofAllowances MaritalStatus Total HoursWorked Mar. 16–22 Rate Total EarningsJan. 1–Mar. 15 Bacon, Andrea 4 M 44 $14.00 $6,300.00   Cole, Andrew 1 S 40 15.00 6,150.00   Hicks, Melvin 3 M 44 13.50 5,805.00   Leung, Cara 1 S 36 14.00 5,600.00   Melling, Melissa 2 M 40 14.50 5,945.00     Social Security tax is withheld from the first $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city earnings tax at the rate of 1%, both applied to gross pay. Bacon and Leung have $15 withheld and Cole and Hicks have $10 withheld for health insurance. Bacon and Leung have $20 withheld to be invested in the travel agency’s credit union. Cole has $38.75 withheld and Hicks has $18.75 withheld under a savings bond purchase plan. Mary’s Luxury Travel’s payroll is met by drawing checks on its regular bank account. The checks were issued in sequence, beginning with Check No. 423. Andrew Cole, employee number 62, is employed as a manager in the ticket sales department. He was born on May 8, 1986, and was hired on June 1 of last year. His Social Security number is 544-67-1283. He lives at 28 Quarry Drive, Vernon, CT, 06066. Required: For the week ended March 22, complete an employee earnings record for Andrew Cole. (Insert earnings data only for the week of March 22.) Employee Earnings Record for Period Ended March 22 20--   Earnings Taxable Earnings Deductions     20 --PeriodEnded Regular Overtime Total CumulativeTotal Unemploy.Comp. SocialSecurity FederalIncome Tax SocialSecurity Tax MedicareTax City Tax HealthInsurance Other Total Ck. No. Amount 3/8                                 3/15                                 3/22                                 3/29                                 Gender Department Occupation Social Security No. Marital Status Allowances Pay Rate Date of Birth Date Hired Name/Address Emp. No. M   Ticket Sales Manager 544-67-1283 S 1 $15.00 5/8/86 6/1/-- Andrew Cole 62                         28 Quarry Drive                           Vernon, CT, 06066     Feedback   Enter earnings in the first six columns. The deduction columns begin with Federal Income Tax and the total column is for total deductions. The check amount is given and the net amount is current period earnings less deductions.

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Employee Earnings Record

Mary’s Luxury Travel uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table. Refer to Figure 8-4 in the text. The payroll data for each employee for the week ended March 22, 20—, are given. Employees are paid 1½ times the regular rate for working over 40 hours a week.


Name
No. of
Allowances
Marital
Status
Total Hours
Worked Mar. 16–22

Rate
Total Earnings
Jan. 1–Mar. 15
Bacon, Andrea 4 M 44 $14.00 $6,300.00  
Cole, Andrew 1 S 40 15.00 6,150.00  
Hicks, Melvin 3 M 44 13.50 5,805.00  
Leung, Cara 1 S 36 14.00 5,600.00  
Melling, Melissa 2 M 40 14.50 5,945.00  

 


Social Security tax is withheld from the first $128,400 of earnings at the rate of 6.2%. Medicare tax is withheld at the rate of 1.45%, and city earnings tax at the rate of 1%, both applied to gross pay. Bacon and Leung have $15 withheld and Cole and Hicks have $10 withheld for health insurance. Bacon and Leung have $20 withheld to be invested in the travel agency’s credit union. Cole has $38.75 withheld and Hicks has $18.75 withheld under a savings bond purchase plan.

Mary’s Luxury Travel’s payroll is met by drawing checks on its regular bank account. The checks were issued in sequence, beginning with Check No. 423.

Andrew Cole, employee number 62, is employed as a manager in the ticket sales department. He was born on May 8, 1986, and was hired on June 1 of last year. His Social Security number is 544-67-1283. He lives at 28 Quarry Drive, Vernon, CT, 06066.

Required:

For the week ended March 22, complete an employee earnings record for Andrew Cole. (Insert earnings data only for the week of March 22.)

Employee Earnings Record for Period Ended March 22 20--
  Earnings Taxable Earnings Deductions    
20 --
Period
Ended


Regular


Overtime


Total

Cumulative
Total

Unemploy.
Comp.

Social
Security
Federal
Income Tax
Social
Security Tax

Medicare
Tax


City Tax

Health
Insurance


Other


Total


Ck. No.


Amount
3/8                                
3/15                                
3/22                                
3/29                                

Gender

Department

Occupation

Social Security No.

Marital Status

Allowances

Pay Rate

Date of Birth

Date Hired

Name/Address

Emp. No.
M   Ticket Sales Manager 544-67-1283 S 1 $15.00 5/8/86 6/1/-- Andrew Cole 62
                        28 Quarry Drive  
                        Vernon, CT, 06066  
 
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Enter earnings in the first six columns. The deduction columns begin with Federal Income Tax and the total column is for total deductions. The check amount is given and the net amount is current period earnings less deductions.
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