The Payroll Records of a Company Provided the Following Data

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Essay

The payroll records of a company provided the following data for the weekly pay period ended December 7:
The FICA social security tax rate is 6.2% and the FICA Medicare tax rate is 1.45% on all of this week's wages paid to each employee.The federal and state unemployment tax rates are 0.8% and 5.4%,respectively,on the first $7,000 paid to each employee.Prepare the journal entries to (a)accrue the payroll and (b)record payroll taxes expense.

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Definitions:

NPV

or Net Present Value, is a financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment or project, calculating the difference between the present value of cash inflows and outflows.

Net Present Value

Calculating the variance between the present-day value of cash flows in and out over an established timeframe.

Average Accounting Return

The ratio of average net income to average invested capital, often used in financial analysis to assess investment attractiveness.

Profitability Index

A financial metric that calculates the ratio of the present value of future cash flows from an investment to the initial investment cost, used to evaluate the desirability of projects.