Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134486444
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.1EI
Ethical Issue 11-1
Many small businesses have to squeeze down costs any way they can just to survive. One way many businesses do this is by hiring workers as ‘independent contractors’ rather than as regular employees. Unlike rules for regular employees, a business does not have to pay Social Security (FICA) taxes and
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- When a business abuses this issue, how is the independent contractor hurt?
- If a business takes an aggressive position—that is, interprets the law in a very slanted way—is there an ethical issue involved? Who is hurt?
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Many small businesses have to squeeze down costs any way they can just to survive. One way many businesses do this is by hiring workers as independent contractors rather than as regular employees. Unlike rules for regular employees, a business does not have to pay social security (FICA) taxes and unemployment insurance payments for independent contractors. Similarly, it does not have to withhold federal, state, or local income taxes or the employee’s share of FICA taxes. The IRS has a 20-factor test determining whether a worker should be considered an employee or a contractor, but many businesses ignore those rules or interpret them loosely in their favor. When workers are treated as independent contractors, they do not get a W-2 form at tax time (they geta 1099 instead), they do not have any income taxes withheld, and they find themselves subject to self-employment taxes, by which they bear the brunt of both the employees and the employer’s share of FICA taxes.
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Superior Markets, Incorporated, operates three stores in a large metropolitan area. A segmented absorption costing
income statement for the company for the last quarter is given below:
Sales
Cost of goods sold
Gross margin
Selling and administrative expenses:
Selling expenses
Administrative expenses
Total expenses
Net operating income (loss)
Selling expenses:
Sales salaries
Direct advertising
General advertising*
Store rent
Depreciation of store fixtures
Delivery salaries
Depreciation of delivery equipment
Total selling expenses
Superior Markets, Incorporated
Income Statement
For the Quarter Ended September 30
Total
$ 3,240,000
1,789,776
1,450,224
Administrative expenses:
Store managers' salaries
General office salaries*
Insurance on fixtures and inventory
Utilities
Employment taxes
General office-other*
882,360
413,640
1,296,000
$ 154,224
Total administrative expenses
*Allocated on the basis of sales dollars.
a. The breakdown of the selling and administrative expenses that are shown…
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Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
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