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Gary Marks is paid on a monthly basis. For the month of January of the current year, he earned a total of $8,788. FICA tax for Social Security is 6.2% on the first $128,400 of earnings each calendar year and the FICA tax for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The 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 amount of Federal Income Tax withheld from his earnings was $1,458.17. What is the amount of the employer's payroll taxes expenses for this employee? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)   Multiple Choice   $544.86   $127.43   $378.00   $42.00   $1,092.29

Gary Marks is paid on a monthly basis. For the month of January of the current year, he earned a total of $8,788. FICA tax for Social Security is 6.2% on the first $128,400 of earnings each calendar year and the FICA tax for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The 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 amount of Federal Income Tax withheld from his earnings was $1,458.17. What is the amount of the employer's payroll taxes expenses for this employee? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)   Multiple Choice   $544.86   $127.43   $378.00   $42.00   $1,092.29

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Gary Marks is paid on a monthly basis. For the month of January of the current year, he earned a total of $8,788. FICA tax for Social Security is 6.2% on the first $128,400 of earnings each calendar year and the FICA tax for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The 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 amount of Federal Income Tax withheld from his earnings was $1,458.17. What is the amount of the employer's payroll taxes expenses for this employee? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

 

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    $544.86

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    $127.43

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    $378.00

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    $42.00

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    $1,092.29

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