Recording Employee Payroll On January 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, Chen Company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $35,000 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%, $6,500 of federal income taxes, $772.50 of medical insurance deductions, and $120 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period. Prepare the journal entry to record Chen Company's January 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities. (Round amounts to cents.)

Recording Employee Payroll On January 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, Chen Company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $35,000 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%, $6,500 of federal income taxes, $772.50 of medical insurance deductions, and $120 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period. Prepare the journal entry to record Chen Company's January 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities. (Round amounts to cents.)

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