Question

Portia Grant is an employee who is paid monthly. For the month of January of the current year, she earned a total of 8,588. The FICA tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 of employee earnings each calendar year and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The FUTA tax rate of 0.6% and the SUTA tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,424.97. Her net pay for the month is: (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)
a) $7,038.50
b) $5,141.03
c) $6,072.04
d) $6,566.00
e) $6,506.04

Answer 1

Answer: e) $6,506.04

Explanation:

Employees do not pay FUTA or SUTA. Employers pay those.

Ms. Grant's net pay for the month therefore is;

= Gross earnings - FICA Social Security - FICA Medicare - Federal Income tax withheld

= 8,588 - (6.2% * 8,588) - ( 1.45% * 8,588) - 1,424.97

= 8,588 - ‭532.46 - ‭124.53 - 1,424.97

= $6,506.04‬