The following information about the payroll for the week ended December 30 was obtained from the records of Saine Co.:
Salaries: Deductions:
Sales salaries $177,000 Income tax withheld $64,064
Warehouse salaries 97,000 U.S. savings bonds 8,008
Office salaries 90,000 Group insurance 6,552
$364,000
Tax rates assumed:
Social security, 6%
Medicare, 1.5%
State unemployment (employer only), 5.4%
Federal unemployment (employer only), 0.8%
Required:
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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.
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.
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.
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 on January 4, to record the employer's payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on January 4. Because it is a new fiscal year, all $364,000 in salaries is subject to unemployment compensation taxes.
