On January 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, Regis Company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $21,760 of office salaries and $60,840 of sales salaries. Withholdings from the employees' salaries include FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,560 of federal income taxes, $1,420 of medical insurance deductions, and $940 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period.
Calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of Regis Company. Regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
FICA - Social Security
FICA -Medicare
FUTA
SUTA
Prepare the journal entry to record Regis Company's January 8 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Prepare the journal entry to record Regis’s (employer) payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll. Regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8%.
