Chapter 13, Problem 13.27E

Payroll-related liabilities

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Lee Financial Services pays employees monthly. Payroll information is listed below for January 2018, the first month of Lee’s fiscal year. Assume that none of the employees exceeded any relevant wage base.

Salaries	$500,000
Federal income taxes to be withheld	100,000
Federal unemployment tax rate	0.60%
State unemployment tax rate (after FUTA deduction)	5.40%
Social Security tax rate	6.2%
Medicare tax rate	1.45%

Required:

Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the January 2018 pay period.