Question

Portia Grant is an employee who is paid monthly. For the month of January of the current year, she earned a total of 9,188. 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 $1,524.57. Her net pay for the month is:______ (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

Answer 1

Answer:

$6,960.54

Explanation:

Gross payment = $9,188

Social security tax = 6.2% × $9,188 = $569.66

Medicare tax = 1.45% × $9,188 = $133.23

Federal income tax = $1,524.57

So, Net Pay = Gross Payment - Federal Income Tax- Social security Tax -Medicare Tax

By putting the value, we get

= $9,188 - $1,524.57 - $569.66 -  $133.23

= $6,960.54