Portia Grant is an employee who is paid monthly. For the month of January of the current year, she earned a total of $9,038. The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $137,700 earned each calendar year and the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The Federal Unemployment Taxes (FUTA) tax rate of 0.6% and the State Unemployment Taxes (SUTA) tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,499.67. What is the total amount of taxes withheld from the Portia's earnings? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

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Portia Grant is an employee who is paid monthly. For the month of January of the current year,
she earned a total of $9,038. The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax for social
security is 6.2% of the first $137,700 earned each calendar year and the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (FICA) tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The Federal
Unemployment Taxes (FUTA) tax rate of 0.6% and the State Unemployment Taxes (SUTA) tax
rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The amount of federal income
tax withheld from her earnings was $1,499.67. What is the total amount of taxes withheld from
the Portia's earnings? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:Portia Grant is an employee who is paid monthly. For the month of January of the current year, she earned a total of $9,038. The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $137,700 earned each calendar year and the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The Federal Unemployment Taxes (FUTA) tax rate of 0.6% and the State Unemployment Taxes (SUTA) tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,499.67. What is the total amount of taxes withheld from the Portia's earnings? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)
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