The company payroll for the week ended November 8 is $80,000, with 15 percent withheld for employee income taxes and 8 percent for FICA taxes. The total amount of taxes to be remitted by the employer for this payroll, ignoring unemployment insurance taxes, would be:

The company payroll for the week ended November 8 is $80,000, with 15 percent withheld for employee income taxes and 8 percent for FICA taxes. The total amount of taxes to be remitted by the employer for this payroll, ignoring unemployment insurance taxes, would be:

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