The information listed below refers to the employees of Brennan Company for the year ended December 31, 2016. The wages are sepa
rated into the quarters in which they were paid to the individual employees. :. For 2016, State D's contribution rate for Brennan Company, based on the experience-rating system of the state, was 3.6% of the first $7,000 of each employee's earnings. The state tax returns are due one month after the end of each calendar quarter. During 2016, the company paid $3,024.00 of contributions to State D's unemployment fund. Employer's phone number: (613) 555-0029. Employer's State D reporting number: 00596. Using the forms supplied on pages 5-42 to 5-44, complete the following for 2016:
a. The last payment of the year is used to pay the FUTA tax for the fourth quarter (the first three-quarter's liability was more than the $500 threshold). State D is not a credit reduction state.
Tax Payment:
Date _____________ Amount $____________
b. Employer's Report for Unemployment Compensation, State D-4th quarter only. Item 1 is the number of employees employed in the pay period that includes the 12th of each month in the quarter. For Brennan Company, the number of employees is ten in October, nine in November, and eight in December. All employees earned 13 credit weeks during the last quarter except for Sun (8) and Harrow (9).
c. Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return-Form 940
Indicate on each form the date that the form should be submitted and the amount of money that must be paid. The president of the company prepares and signs all tax forms.
The last payment date will be used in paying tax due for the fourth quarter the payment date will be the due date for payment which is January 31. and the amount will be 3024 assuming given 3024 is for the fourth quarter
b. The number of employees that are employed in the fourth quarter will be 10 that is if the decline in coming months is only because of disassociation of existing employees and no new employees are employed during the quarter.
c. Because of the time of submitting the form is Jan 31st. If taxes are paid on the due date, the due date is Feb 10. Amount of money to be paid is going to be 3024.
d. Using the chained CPI will not have a notable impact on 2019 tax returns.
Explanation:
when amounts are indexed using the chanined consumer price index, they increase slowly because there is a period to period connection in the consumer price index.
Therefore, The use of the chained consumer price index would have not have any significant impact on 2019 tax returns.
