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Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller

Edition 12ISBN: 978-0132605540
book Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller cover

Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller

Edition 12ISBN: 978-0132605540
Exercise 87
Find the Social Security tax and the Medicare tax for each of this amounts of gross earnings. Assume a 6.2% FICA rate and a 1.45% Medicare tax rate. (See Example.)
$606.35
EXAMPLE
Finding FICA Tax and Medicare Tax
Help Jessica Ramirez, the manager at a local Panera Bread, find the Social Security and Medicare tax that must be withheld from the weekly earnings of two employees.
(a) Kelleher: $362.40 gross earnings
(b) Kimbrel: $468.02 gross earnings
SOLUTION
In each case, the tax is rounded to the nearest cent.
(a)
Find the Social Security tax and the Medicare tax for each of this amounts of gross earnings. Assume a 6.2% FICA rate and a 1.45% Medicare tax rate. (See Example.)  $606.35 EXAMPLE  Finding FICA Tax and Medicare Tax  Help Jessica Ramirez, the manager at a local Panera Bread, find the Social Security and Medicare tax that must be withheld from the weekly earnings of two employees. (a) Kelleher: $362.40 gross earnings (b) Kimbrel: $468.02 gross earnings SOLUTION  In each case, the tax is rounded to the nearest cent. (a)      (b)
(b)
Find the Social Security tax and the Medicare tax for each of this amounts of gross earnings. Assume a 6.2% FICA rate and a 1.45% Medicare tax rate. (See Example.)  $606.35 EXAMPLE  Finding FICA Tax and Medicare Tax  Help Jessica Ramirez, the manager at a local Panera Bread, find the Social Security and Medicare tax that must be withheld from the weekly earnings of two employees. (a) Kelleher: $362.40 gross earnings (b) Kimbrel: $468.02 gross earnings SOLUTION  In each case, the tax is rounded to the nearest cent. (a)      (b)
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