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The following information about the payroll for the week ended December 30 was obtained from the records of Boltz Co.:
Salaries: | Deductions: | ||
Sales salaries | $540,000 | Income tax withheld | $160,000 |
Warehouse salaries | 155,000 | U.S. savings bonds | 10,500 |
Office salaries | 85,000 | Group insurance | 9,000 |
$780,000 |
Tax rates assumed: | |||
Social security | 6% | State |
5.4% |
Medicare | 1.5% | 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, journalize the following entries (refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles):
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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):
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