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Transcribed Image Text:The monthly salaries for December and the year-to-date earnings of the employees of Bush Consulting Company as of November 30
follow.
Determine the amount of Medicare tax to be withheld from each employee's gross pay for December. Assume a 1.45 percent Medicare
tax rate and that all salaries and wages are subject to the tax. (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)
Medicare
Taxable
Year-to-Date
Employee
No.
December
Salary
Earnings
Through
Earning-
Medicare
Tax 1.45%
November 30
December
1
$ 9,400 $
99,500
2
9,500
70,500
3
10,209
123,800
4
9,500
100,500
es.
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