PAYROLL ACCT.,2019 ED.(LL)-TEXT
19th Edition
ISBN: 9781337619783
Author: BIEG
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 4, Problem 1SSQ
To determine
Identify the employee compensation items that are not subject to the withholdings.
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Income tax withholding: Under federal law, the employer is required to withhold a certain amount from the total earnings of the employer. The amounts that are withheld by the employer are applied to the payment of the employee’s federal income tax.
Following are the items of employee compensation that are not subject to the withholdings:
1. Meals that are provided to the employees by the employer for delaying the work and making the employer work in the premises are not subject to withholdings as working compensation fringes and they fall under the category of non-taxable
3. Usage of on-premises athletic facilities (work- out room) to the employees are not subject to the withholdings as they are a part of non-taxable fringe benefits.
4.When advance is provided to the salesperson (employees) for the overnight sales call that are made out of town are not subject to withholding. It is considered as a business expenses that is provided to an employee in advance that has a likelihood of being probable.
7. Meals provided by the employer in local restaurant are not subject to any withholdings as there is no additional cost added to the employees for the service provided by the employer and they fall under the category of non-taxable fringe benefits.
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Question:
wages and payroll
the following system is used in a business regarding payment of the weekly wages to its 20 employees
" the pay clerk prepares 20 correctly Labelled, sealed pay envelope and placed them next to the time book every Friday morning. When the employees come in the morning to sign the time book they pick their pay envelopes.'
reqiured: please answer this question by:
a) with reference to the above, identify one weakness of the system.
Completing the Payroll Register
The Employee Payroll Register presents all the computations previously performed as it applies to this payroll period.
Complete the following steps (if a field should be blank, leave it blank):
Record the amount to be withheld for group insurance.
Record the amount to be withheld for health insurance.
Each worker is to be paid by check. Assign check numbers provided to the correct employee.
Compute the net pay for each employee.
Total the input columns.
KIPLEY COMPANY, INC.Payroll RegisterFor Period Ending January 8, 20--
EARNINGS
DEDUCTIONS
NET PAY
Name
Gross
OASDI
HI
FIT
SIT
SUTA
CIT
SIMPLE
Grp. Ins.
Health Ins.
Ck. No.
Amount
Carson, F.
$700.00
$43.40
$10.15
$48.00
$21.49
$0.42
$21.00
$20.00
Wilson, W.
897.04
55.62
13.01
68.00
27.54
0.54
26.91
50.00
Utley, H.
678.75
42.08
9.84
14.00
20.84
0.41
20.36
40.00
Fife, L.
877.10
54.38
12.72
33.00
26.93
0.53
26.31
50.00
Smith, L.
790.00
48.98
11.46
59.00…
Chapter 4 Solutions
PAYROLL ACCT.,2019 ED.(LL)-TEXT
Ch. 4 - Prob. 1SSQCh. 4 - Prob. 2SSQCh. 4 - Prob. 3SSQCh. 4 - Prob. 4SSQCh. 4 - Prob. 5SSQCh. 4 - Prob. 6SSQCh. 4 - Prob. 1MQCh. 4 - Prob. 1QRCh. 4 - Prob. 2QRCh. 4 - Prob. 3QR
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