Answer and Explanation:
1. The computation is shown below:
As we know that employee taxes involved the social security tax, medicare tax and the income tax
Social security tax
= Gross pay × 6.2%
= $470,000 × 6.2%
= $29,140
Medicare tax
= Gross pay × 1.45%
= $470,000 × 1.45%
= $6,815
And,
Income tax withheld = $94,000
Now payroll taxes involved social security tax, Medicare tax, Federal unemployment tax, and state unemployment tax.
Social security tax
= Gross pay × 6.2%
= $470,000 × 6.2%
= $29,140
Medicare tax
= Gross pay × 1.45%
= $470,000 × 1.45%
= $6,815
Federal unemployment tax is
= Gross pay × 0.6%
= $470,000 × 0.6%
= $2,820
State unemployment tax
= Gross pay × 5.40%
= $470,000 × 5.40%
= $25,380
2. Now the journal entries are
On January, 2018
Salaries wages expense $470,000
To Withholding income tax payable $94,000
To Social security tax payable $29,140
To Medicare tax payable $6,815
to Salaries and wages payable $340,045
(being salaries and wages expense is recorded)
On Jan 2018
Payroll tax expense $64,155
To Social security tax payable $29,140
To Medicare tax payable $6,815
To Federal unemployment tax payable $2,820
To State unemployment tax payable $25,380
(being tax liabilities is recorded)
