The following information about the payroll for the week


The following information about the payroll for the week ended December 30 was obtained from the records of Qualitech Co.: Salaries: Sales salaries $350,000 Warehouse salaries 182,000 Office salaries 136,000 $668,000 Deductions: Income tax withheld $117,000 Social security tax withheld 40,080 Medicare tax withheld 10,020 U.S. savings bonds 14,696 Group insurance 12,024 $193,820 Tax rates assumed: Social security 6% Medicare 1.5% State unemployment (employer only) 5.4% Federal unemployment (employer only) 0.8% Required: 1. Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on December 31, 2015, journalize the following entries (refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles): A. December 30, 2015, to record the payroll. Include the year when enter the date in the journal. B. December 30, 2015, to record the employer's payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on December 31. Of the total payroll for the last week of the year, $34,000 is subject to unemployment compensation taxes. Include the year when enter the date in the journal. 2. Assuming that the payroll for the last week of the year is to be paid on January 5 of the following fiscal year, journalize the following entries (refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles): A. On page 11 of the journal: December 30, 2015, to record the payroll. Include the year when enter the date in the journal. B. On page 12 of the journal: January 5, 2016, to record the employer's payroll taxes on the payroll to be paid on January 5, 2016. Because it is a new fiscal year, all $668,000 in salaries is subject to unemployment compensation taxes. Include the year when enter the date in the journal.

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