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Note: For the exercises and problems in this chapter, use the following tax rates:

FICA-Employer and employee 8% if the first $120,000 of earnings per employee per calender year.

State unemployment: 4% of the first $8,000 of earnings per employee per calender year.

Federal unemployment: 1% of the first $8,000 of earnings per employee per calender year.

Federal income tax witholding: 10% of each employee's gross earnings unless otherwise stated.

E3-1 Computing payroll earnings

R. Herbert of Crestview Manufacturing Co. is paid at the rate of $20 an hour for an eight-hour day, with time and a half for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays. Regular employment is on the baiss of 40 hours a week, five days a week. At the end of a week, the labor time record shows the following:

Job or Indirect Labor Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total
007 5 5 3 5 6 24
009 3 3 5 6.5 5 22.5
Machine Repair 4 6.5 10.5
Total 4 8 8 8 11.5 11 6.5 57

Because jobs are randomly scheduled for the overtime period, any overtime oremium is charged to Factory Overhead.

a. Compute Herbert's total earnings for the week.

b. Present the journal entry to distribute Herbert's total earnigns.

(Note: These single journal entries here and in E3-2, E3-3, E3-4, E3-8 and E3-9 are for the purpose of illustrating the principle involved. Normally, the entries would be made for the total factory payroll plus the adminstrative sales and payroll.)

E3-9 Recording the payroll and payroll taxes

Using the earnings data developed in e3-1, and assuming that this was the 50th week of employment for Herbert and the prevoius earnigns to date were $119,800, prepare the journal entries for the following:

a. The week's payroll

b. payment of the payroll

c. The employer's payroll taxes

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Hubert Koch
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