Use This Information to Answer the Following Question Payroll Taxes and Benefits Expense Would Be Recorded for
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question 83

Multiple Choice

Use this information to answer the following question. Baker Company has the following information for the pay period of January 1-15, 2010. Payment occurs on January 20.
$\begin{array}{lrlr}\text { Gross payroll } & \$ 16,000 & \text { Federal income taxes withheld } & \$ 1,800 \\\text { Social security and Medicare rate } & 7.65 \% & \text { Federal unemployment tax rate } & 8 \% \\\text { State unemployment tax rate } & 5.4 \% & &\end{array}$ Payroll Taxes and Benefits Expense would be recorded for

• A) $1,224.
• B) $2,216.
• C) $4,016.
• D) $992.

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