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Alex Inc offers its employees free medical, dental and life insurance coverage. It also matches employee contribution to a voluntaryretirement plan dollar for dollar. Assume that no employee's wages exceed the relevant wage bases, Payroll information for the payroll period ending January 15 are below. Make the appropriate journal entries in good form to record the payroll.

#Wages and salaries $2,750,000

#Employee contributions to voluntary retirement paln $130,000

#Medical insurance premiums paid by employer $50,000

#Dental insurance premiums paid by employer $17,500

#Life insurance premiums paid by employer $8,750

#Federal and state income tax withheld $540,000

#FICA rate 7.65%

#Federal and state unemploment Tax rate 6.20%

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Alice J. and Bruce M. Byrd are married taxpayers who file a joint return. Their Social Security numbers are 123-45-6789 and 111-11-1112, respectively. Alice’s birthday is September 21, 1969, and Bruce’s is June 27, 1968. They live at 473 Revere Avenue, Lowell, MA 01850. Alice is the office manager for Lowell Dental Clinic, 433 Broad Street, Lowell, MA 01850 (employer identification number 98-7654321). Bruce is the manager of a Super Burgers fast-food outlet owned and operated by Plymouth Corporation, 1247 Central Avenue, Hauppauge, NY 11788 (employer identification number 11-1111111). The following information is shown on their Wage and Tax Statements (Form W–2) for 2016.

Line Description

Alice Bruce 1 Wages, tips, other compensation $58,000 $62,100

2 Federal income tax withheld 4,500 6,300

3 Social Security wages 58,000 62,100

4 Social Security tax withheld 3,596 3,850

5 Medicare wages and tips 58,000 62,100

6 Medicare tax withheld 841 900

15 State Massachusetts Massachusetts

16 State wages, tips, etc. 58,000 62,100

17 State income tax withheld 2,950 3,100

The Byrds provide over half of the support of their two children, Cynthia (born January 25, 1992, Social Security number 123-45-6788) and John (born February 7, 1996, Social Security number 123-45-6786). Both children are full-time students and live with the Byrds except when they are away at college. Cynthia earned $4,200 from a summer internship in 2016, and John earned $3,800 from a part-time job. During 2016, the Byrds provided 60% of the total support of Bruce’s widower father, Sam Byrd (born March 6, 1940, Social Security number 123-45-6787). Sam lived alone and covered the rest of his support with his Social Security benefits. Sam died in November, and Bruce, the beneficiary of a policy on Sam’s life, received life insurance proceeds of $1,600,000 on December 28. The Byrds had the following expenses relating to their personal residence during 2016:

Property taxes $5,000

Qualified interest on home mortgage 8,700 Repairs to roof 5,750

Utilities 4,100

Fire and theft insurance 1,900

The Byrds had the following medical expenses for 2016:

Medical insurance premiums $4,500

Doctor bill for Sam incurred in 2015 and not paid until 2016 7,600

Operation for Sam 8,500

Prescription medicines for Sam 900

Hospital expenses for Sam 3,500

Reimbursement from insurance company, received in 2016 3,600

The medical expenses for Sam represent most of the 60% that Bruce contributed toward his father’s support. Other relevant information follows:

• When they filed their 2015 state return in 2016, the Byrds paid additional state income tax of $900.

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• The Byrds contributed $5,000 to Lowell Presbyterian Church and gave used clothing (cost of $1,200 and fair market value of $350) to the Salvation Army. All donations are supported by receipts, and the clothing is in very good condition.

• Alice and Bruce made a gift to a needy family who lost their home in a fire ($100). In addition, they made several cash gifts to homeless men downtown ($35).

• In 2016, the Byrds received interest income of $2,750, which was reported on a Form 1099–INT from Second National Bank, 125 Oak Street, Lowell, MA 01850 (Employer Identification Number 98-7654322). The mortgage (outstanding balance of $425,000 as of January 1, 2016) was taken out by the Byrds on May 1, 2012.

• Alice’s employer requires that all employees wear uniforms to work. During 2016, Alice spent $850 on new uniforms and $566 on laundry charges.

• Bruce paid $400 for an annual subscription to the Journal of Franchise Management and $741 for annual membership dues to his professional association.

• Neither Alice’s nor Bruce’s employer reimburses for employee expenses.

• The Byrds do not keep the receipts for the sales taxes they paid and had no major purchases subject to sales tax.

• All members of the Byrd family had health care coverage for all months of 2016.

• This year the Byrds gave each of their children $2,000, which was then deposited into their Roth IRAs.

• Alice and Bruce paid no estimated Federal income tax.

Neither Alice nor Bruce wants to designate $3 to the Presidential Election Campaign.

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Compute net tax payable or refund due for Alice and Bruce Byrd for 2016. If they have overpaid, they want the amount to be refunded to them. If you use tax forms for your computations, you will need Forms 1040 and 2106 and Schedules A and B.

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