Excel Products Inc

Essay

Excel Products Inc. pays its employees semimonthly. The summary of the payroll for December 31, 2012 indicated the following:
For the year ended 2012, $40,000 of the December 31 payroll is subject to social security tax of 6%; $120,000 is subject to Medicare tax of 1.5%; $10,000 is subject to state unemployment tax of 4.3% and federal unemployment tax of 0.8%. As of January 1, 2013 all of the $120,000 is subject to all payroll taxes. Present the journal entries for payroll tax expense if the employees are paid (a) December 31 of the current year, (b) January 2 of the following year.