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BMX Company has one employee. FICA Social Security taxes are 6.2% of the first $137,700 paid to its employee, and FICA Medicare taxes are 1.45% of gross pay. For BMX, its FUTA taxes are 0.6% and SUTA taxes are 5.4% of the first $7,000 paid to its employee.
Gross Pay through August 31 | Gross Pay for September | |
---|---|---|
a. | $ 5,700 | $ 1,800 |
b. | 3,200 | 3,300 |
c. | 132,600 | 9,200 |
Compute BMX’s amounts for each of these four taxes as applied to the employee’s gross earnings for September under each of three separate situations (a), (b), and (c).
Note: Round your answers to 2 decimal places.
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