Calculate the Total Amount of FICA Withholding for an Employee

question 50

Essay

Calculate the total amount of FICA withholding for an employee whose pay is $2,400 for the first pay period of the year. The tax rate for FICA-Social Security is 6.2% and the tax rate for FICA
-Medicare is 1.45%.

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