Gary Marks Is Paid on a Monthly Basis

question 153

Multiple Choice

Gary Marks is paid on a monthly basis.For the month of January of the current year,he earned a total of $8,288.FICA tax for Social Security is 6.2% on the first $118,500 of earnings each calendar year and the FICA tax for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings.The FUTA tax rate is 0.6%,and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%.Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay.The amount of Federal Income Tax withheld from his earnings was $1,375.17.What is the amount of the employer's payroll taxes expenses for this employee? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

• A) $2,009.21
• B) $1,131.31
• C) $2,506.48
• D) $420.00
• E) $1,054.04

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Definitions:

Merchandise Account

An account used to track the buying and selling of goods for resale in the normal course of business.

Perpetual Inventory Method

An inventory tracking system that records the sale or purchase of inventory immediately through the use of computerized point-of-sale systems and enterprise asset management software.

Accounts Payable

Liabilities of a business that represent money owed to suppliers for purchases made on credit.

Merchandise Inventory

Goods or stock held by a business for the purpose of resale to customers.