The following information about the payroll for the week ended December 30 was obtained from the records of Saine Co.:   Salaries:     Deductions:     Sales salaries $174,000     Federal income tax withheld $63,184   Warehouse salaries 96,000     Social security tax withheld 21,540   Office salaries 89,000     Medicare tax withheld 5,385   $359,000     Retirement savings 7,898         Group insurance 6,462         $104,469   Tax rates assumed:   Social security, 6%   Medicare, 1.5%   State unemployment (employer only), 5.4%   Federal unemployment (employer only), 0.6%

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The following information about the payroll for the week ended December 30 was obtained from the records of Saine Co.:

 

Salaries:     Deductions:  
  Sales salaries $174,000     Federal income tax withheld $63,184
  Warehouse salaries 96,000     Social security tax withheld 21,540
  Office salaries 89,000     Medicare tax withheld 5,385
  $359,000     Retirement savings 7,898
        Group insurance 6,462
        $104,469

 

Tax rates assumed:
  Social security, 6%
  Medicare, 1.5%
  State unemployment (employer only), 5.4%
  Federal unemployment (employer only), 0.6%

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If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

1a.  Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on December 31, journalize the entry on December 30, to record the payroll.

Date Account Debit Credit
Dec. 30
 
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1b.  Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on December 31, journalize the entry on December 30, to record the employer's payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on December 31. Of the total payroll for the last week of the year, $18,000 is subject to unemployment compensation taxes.

 

Date Account Debit Credit
Dec. 30
 
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2a.  Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on January 4 of the following fiscal year, journalize the entry on December 30, to record the payroll.

 

Date Account Debit Credit
Dec. 30
 
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2b.  Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on January 4 of the following fiscal year, journalize the entry to record the employer's payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on January 4. Because it is a new fiscal year, all $359,000 in salaries is subject to unemployment compensation taxes.

 

Date Account Debit Credit
Jan. 4
 
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