On January 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, Regis Company's employees earned $25,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. Withholdings from the employees' salaries include FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $12,960 of federal income taxes, $1,400 of medical insurance deductions, and $800 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period.   Required: 1.1 Calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of Regis Company. Regis’s state unemployment tax rate is 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%. 1.2 Prepare the journal entry to record Regis Company's January 8 employee payroll expenses and liabilities. 2. Prepare the journal entry to record Regis’s employer payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll. Regis’s state unemployment tax rate is 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.   Req 1A Calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of Regis Company. Regis’s state unemployment tax rate is 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)         Regis Company’s: Tax January 8 earnings subject to tax Tax Rate Tax Amount FICA—Social Security       FICA—Medicare       FUTA       SUTA         Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1B Prepare the journal entry to record Regis Company's January 8 employee payroll expenses and liabilities. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)   Journal entry worksheet       Record the employee payroll expenses and liabilities for the first weekly pay period of the year. Note: Enter debits before credits.         Date General Journal Debit Credit Jan 08                                                                                     Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 2 Prepare the journal entry to record Regis’s employer payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll. Regis’s state unemployment tax rate is 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)   Journal entry worksheet       Record the employer’s payroll expenses and liabilities for the first weekly pay period of the year. Note: Enter debits before credits.         Date General Journal Debit Credit Jan 08

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On January 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, Regis Company's employees earned $25,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. Withholdings from the employees' salaries include FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $12,960 of federal income taxes, $1,400 of medical insurance deductions, and $800 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period.
 
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1.1 Calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of Regis Company. Regis’s state unemployment tax rate is 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%.
1.2 Prepare the journal entry to record Regis Company's January 8 employee payroll expenses and liabilities.
2. Prepare the journal entry to record Regis’s employer payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll. Regis’s state unemployment tax rate is 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%.

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  • Req 1A

Calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of Regis Company. Regis’s state unemployment tax rate is 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 
 
 
 
Regis Company’s:
Tax January 8 earnings subject to tax Tax Rate Tax Amount
FICA—Social Security      
FICA—Medicare      
FUTA      
SUTA      
 

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  • Req 1B

Prepare the journal entry to record Regis Company's January 8 employee payroll expenses and liabilities. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 
Journal entry worksheet
 
 
 
  • Record the employee payroll expenses and liabilities for the first weekly pay period of the year.
Note: Enter debits before credits.
 
 
 
 
Date General Journal Debit Credit
Jan 08      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
 
 
 

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Prepare the journal entry to record Regis’s employer payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll. Regis’s state unemployment tax rate is 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 
Journal entry worksheet
 
 
 
  • Record the employer’s payroll expenses and liabilities for the first weekly pay period of the year.
Note: Enter debits before credits.
 
 
 
 
Date General Journal Debit Credit
Jan 08      
       
       
       
       
       
     

 

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