Your boss approaches you in mid-December and requests that you pay certain employees their gross pay amount as if there were no deductions as their year-end bonuses. None of the employees have reached the Social Security wage base for the year. Required: What is the gross-up amount for each of the following employees? (The tax rate on bonuses is 22 percent. The Social Security (6.2%) and Medicare taxes (1.45%) must be added to this rate.) (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.)       Employee Regular Gross Pay per Period Grossed-up Amount Yves St. John $1,575   Kim Johnson $2,560   Michael Hale $2,416

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Your boss approaches you in mid-December and requests that you pay certain employees their gross pay amount as if there were no deductions as their year-end bonuses. None of the employees have reached the Social Security wage base for the year.

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What is the gross-up amount for each of the following employees? (The tax rate on bonuses is 22 percent. The Social Security (6.2%) and Medicare taxes (1.45%) must be added to this rate.) (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

 

 
 
Employee Regular Gross Pay per Period Grossed-up Amount
Yves St. John $1,575  
Kim Johnson $2,560  
Michael Hale $2,416  
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