The Following Data Applies to the July 15 Payroll for the Woodard

question 99

Short Answer

The following data applies to the July 15 payroll for the Woodard Research Firm (overtime is paid at 1 1/2) Assume:
FICA-OASDI is 6.2% based on a limit of $128,400.
FICA-Medicare is 1.45%.
FUTA is .8% based on a limit of $7,000.
SUTA is 5.6% based on a limit of $7,000.
State income tax is 2.8%.
-Compute the total state income tax.

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Definitions:

Explicit Costs

Costs that involve direct monetary payment by a firm for the resources needed in production, such as wages and materials.

Implicit Costs

The opportunity costs of utilizing resources owned by the company for its operations instead of other purposes.

Accounting Profit

The financial gain calculated by subtracting total explicit costs from total revenues, excluding the consideration of implicit costs or opportunity costs.

Economic Profit

The gap between a company's total earnings and its combined explicit and implicit expenses.