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A Company Has Three Employees

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A company has three employees.Total salaries for the month of January were $8,000.The federal income tax rate for all employees is 15%.The FICA-social security tax rate is 6.2% and the FICA-Medicare tax rate is 1.45%.Calculate the amount of employee taxes withheld and prepare the company's journal entry to record the January payroll assuming these were the only deductions.


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Systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion.

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