Bailey Dry Cleaners has six employees who were paid the following wages during 2019: Frank Johnson     Frank Johnson $27,000 Bill Long 18,000 Duff Morse 130,000 Laura Stewart 28,000 Cindy Sharpe 26,000 Melissa Ledbetter 20,000 Total $249,000   The state allows the company a 1% unemployment compensation merit-rating reduction from the normal rate of 5.4%. The federal unemployment rate is 0.6%. The maximum unemployment wages per employee are $7,000 for both the state and the federal government. Income tax withholdings of 20% are applied to all employees. A F.I.C.A. tax rate of 8% on the employee and 8% on the employer is applie

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Bailey Dry Cleaners has six employees who were paid the following wages during 2019:
Frank Johnson  
 
Frank Johnson $27,000
Bill Long 18,000
Duff Morse 130,000
Laura Stewart 28,000
Cindy Sharpe 26,000
Melissa Ledbetter 20,000
Total $249,000
 
The state allows the company a 1% unemployment compensation merit-rating reduction from the normal rate of 5.4%. The federal unemployment rate is 0.6%. The maximum unemployment wages per employee are $7,000 for both the state and the federal government. Income tax withholdings of 20% are applied to all employees. A F.I.C.A. tax rate of 8% on the employee and 8% on the employer is applied to the first $128,400 of each employee’s wages.
  Required:
1. Calculate the amount of payroll taxes to be paid by Bailey.
2. Prepare the journal entries to record the payment of payroll and the payroll tax expense.
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