Required to; 1 Calculate the weekly wage per employee (excluding annual bonus). 2 Calculate the total annual cost to the company for all employees working at IPN. 3 Calculate the hourly recovery rate.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
10th Edition
ISBN:9781259964947
Author:Libby
Publisher:Libby
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1Q
icon
Related questions
Question

Ideal Prepaid Namibia (IPN) is well established company that specialises in offering prepaid
solutions to the Namibian market. The company has five employees and their labour policy is
listed as below:
Basic salary= $5 000 per month


Normal working hours = 40 hours per week (five days at eight hours a
day); 52 weeks per year

Public holidays per annum= 9 days


Annual leave = 4 weeks


Idle time = 10% of available time


Annual bonus = 1 month basic salary received at year end


Housing subsidy = $3 000 per quarter


Deductions;


PAYE = 15% of taxable income


Medical aid = 10% of gross on a 2:3 basis between
organisation and employee


SSC(social security) = 3% of gross on a 50:50 basis between
organisation and employee


Pension fund = 7.5% of basic for which the organisation is liable
for 50% of the contribution


Required to;

1 Calculate the weekly wage per employee (excluding annual
bonus).
2 Calculate the total annual cost to the company for all employees
working at IPN.
3 Calculate the hourly recovery rate.

Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 4 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Inventory Management
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259964947
Author:
Libby
Publisher:
MCG
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337272094
Author:
WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337619202
Author:
Hall, James A.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Accounting
ISBN:
9780134475585
Author:
Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher:
PEARSON
Intermediate Accounting
Intermediate Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259722660
Author:
J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259726705
Author:
John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education