The Social Security Administration increased the taxable wage base from $137,700 to $142,800. The 6.2% tax rate is unchanged. Joe Burns earned over $131,700 each of the past two years.  What is the percent increase in the base?

Marc Batchelor, a self-employed sales consultant, has estimated annual earnings of $303,000 this year. His social security tax rate is 12.4% up to the wage base, Medicare is 2.9%, and his federal income tax rate is 24%. How much estimated tax (in $) must Marc send to the IRS each quarter? $

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Old Town Entertainment has two employees in Year 1. Clay earns $3,500 per month, and Philip, the manager, earns $10,400 per month. Neither is paid extra for working overtime. Assume the Social Security tax rate is 6 percent on the first $130,000 of earnings and the Medicare tax rate is 1.5 percent on all earnings. The federal income tax withholding is 16 percent of gross earnings for Clay and 21 percent for Philip. Both Clay and Philip have been employed all year. Required a. Calculate the net pay for both Clay and Philip for March. b. Calculate the net pay for both Clay and Philip for December. c. Is the net pay the same in March and December for both employees? d. What amounts will Old Town report on the Year 1 W-2s for each employee? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Reg A and B Req C a. Clay a Philip b. Clay b. Philip Reg D Calculate the net pay for both Clay and Philip for March. Calculate the net pay for both Clay and Philip for December. (Do not…

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Armand Giroux (single; 0 federal withholding allowances) earned weekly gross pay of $1,445. For each period, he makes a 401(k) retirement plan contribution of 6.5% of gross pay. The city in which he works (he lives elsewhere) levies a tax of 1.15% of an employee's taxable pay (which is the same for federal and local income tax withholding) on residents and 0.75% of an employee's taxable pay on nonresidents.Federal income tax withholding = $ State income tax withholding = $

During the first week of February, Gabe Hopen earned $300.  Assume that FICA taxes are 7.65 percent of wages up to $106,800, state unemployment tax is 5.0 percent of wages up to $13,000, and federal unemployment tax is 0.8 percent of wages up to $13,000.  Assume that Gabe has voluntary withholdings of $10 (in addition to taxes) and that federal and state income tax withholdings are $18 and $6, respectively.   Using the information above, what is the employer's payroll tax expense for the week, assuming that Gabe Hopen is the only employee? Group of answer choices $24.00 $17.40 $28.00 $40.35

XYZ Corporation has a deferred compensation plan under which it allows certain employees to defer up to 35 percent of their salary for five years. For purposes of this problem, ignore payroll taxes in your computations. (Use Table 1.) Note: Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. a. Assume XYZ has a marginal tax rate of 21 percent for the foreseeable future and earns an after-tax rate of return of 9 percent on its assets. Joel Johnson, XYZ's VP of finance, is attempting to determine what amount of deferred compensation XYZ should be willing to pay in five years that would make XYZ indifferent between paying the current salary of $17,700 and paying the deferred compensation. What amount of deferred compensation would accomplish this objective? b. Assume Julie, an XYZ employee, has the option of participating in XYZ's deferred compensation plan. Julie's marginal tax rate is 37 percent, and she expects the rate to remain constant…

Alfred Morneau earned gross pay of $820. Each period he makes a 401(k) contribution of 5% of gross pay, and his current year taxable earnings for Social Security tax, to date, are $37,200.Total Social Security tax = $ 2:Rachel Schillo earned gross pay of $1,900. She does not make any retirement plan contributions, and her current year taxable earnings for Social Security tax, to date, are $105,000.Total Social Security tax = $ 3:Rudolph Fabrizio earned gross pay of $3,200. Each period he contributes 3% of gross pay to a flexible spending account, and his current year taxable earnings for Social Security tax, to date, are $136,200.Total Social Security tax = $ 4:Michael Frank earned gross pay of $2,650. Each period he designates 6% of gross pay for a dependent care flexible spending account, and his current year taxable earnings for Social Security tax, to date, are $224,300.Total Social Security tax = $

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] XYZ Corporation has a deferred compensation plan under which it allows certain employees to defer up to 40 percent of their salary for five years. For purposes of this problem, ignore payroll taxes in your computations. Note: Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. a. Assume XYZ has a marginal tax rate of 21 percent for the foreseeable future and earns an after-tax rate of return of 8 percent on its assets. Joel Johnson, XYZ's VP of finance, is attempting to determine what amount of deferred compensation XYZ should be willing to pay in five years that would make XYZ indifferent between paying the current salary of $10,000 and paying the deferred compensation. What amount of deferred compensation would accomplish this objective?