Win-Win company’s first weekly pay period of the year ends on January 8. On that date, the column totals in its payroll register show that sales employees earned $30,000 and office employees earned $20,000 in salaries.             The employees are to have withheld from their salaries FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $9,000 of federal income taxes, $2,000 of medical insurance deductions, and $1,000 of pension contributions.                     No employee earned more than $7,000 in the first pay period.                       Required:              Part 1a.  Compute FICA--Social Security taxes payable and FICA--Medicare taxes                 payable.   Part 1b.  Prepare the journal entry to record Win-Win's January 8 (employee) payroll                 expenses and liabilities. (Round amounts to cents.)  Part 2.  Prepare the journal entry to record Win-Win's (employer) payroll taxes resulting              from the January 8 payroll.

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Win-Win company’s first weekly pay period of the year ends on January 8. On that date, the column totals in its payroll register show that sales employees earned $30,000 and office employees earned $20,000 in salaries.

           

The employees are to have withheld from their salaries FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $9,000 of federal income taxes, $2,000 of medical insurance deductions, and $1,000 of pension contributions.        

           

No employee earned more than $7,000 in the first pay period.          

           

Required: 

           

Part 1a.  Compute FICA--Social Security taxes payable and FICA--Medicare taxes

                payable.

 

Part 1b.  Prepare the journal entry to record Win-Win's January 8 (employee) payroll

                expenses and liabilities. (Round amounts to cents.) 

Part 2.  Prepare the journal entry to record Win-Win's (employer) payroll taxes resulting

             from the January 8 payroll.

 

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