An Employee Receives an Hourly Rate of $15,with Time and a Half

question 54

Essay

An employee receives an hourly rate of $15,with time and a half for all hours worked in excess of 40 during the week.Payroll data for the current week are as follows: hours worked,46; federal income tax withheld,$120; cumulative earnings for the year prior to this week,$5,500; Social security tax rate,6%; and Medicare tax rate,1.5%; state unemployment compensation tax,3.4% on the first $7,000; federal unemployment compensation tax,0.8% on the first $7,000.Prepare the journal entries to record the salaries expense and the employer payroll tax expense.

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Definitions:

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