Determine the net pay of each employee overtime is payable


A weekly payroll summary made from labor time records shows the following data for Zuder Company:


Employee


Classification

Marital
Status

Hourly
Rate

Regular Hours

Overtime
Hours

C. Collier

Direct

Married

$15

40

2

S. Brown

Direct

Single

$13

40

6

E. Anglin

Direct

Single

$15

40

 

R. Kues

Indirect

Married

$12

40

3

A. Studer

Indirect

Married

$16

38

 

Other information:

a. Overtime is payable at one-and-a-half times the regular rate of pay for an employee and is distributed to all jobs worked on during the period.

b. Income taxes withheld (FIT) are $50 for employees with $610 or more of gross income in the period and $40 for those who earn less.

c. Each married employee contributes $60 for health insurance; single employees contribute $30.

d. FICA taxes are 8% on the first $100,000 of gross pay; FUTA and SUTA are 1% and 4%, respectively, on the first $8,000 of gross pay.

Since this is January, none of the employees have reached the limitations.

Required:

1. Determine the net pay of each employee.

2. Prepare the journal entries for the following:

a. Recording the payroll.
b. Paying the payroll.
c. Distributing the payroll.

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