Ben's Mentoring Had the Following Information for the Pay Period

question 62

Short Answer

Ben's Mentoring had the following information for the pay period ending September 30: Assume:
FICA-OASDI applied to the first $128,400 at a rate of 6.2%.
FICA-Medicare applied at a rate of 1.45%.
FUTA applied to the first $7,000 at a rate of 0.8%.
SUTA applied to the first $7,000 at a rate of 5.6%.
State income tax is 3.8%.
Employees contribute to their retirement fund at a rate of 5.5% of their gross earnings.
-Compute the total gross earnings for the tutors.

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