Accounting 26th Edition by Carl Warren ,Jim Reeve ,Jonathan Duchac

Exercise 36

APayroll register
The following data for Throwback Industries Inc. relate to the payroll for the week ended December 9, 2016:

Employees Mantle and Williams are office staff, and all of the other employees are sales personnel. All sales personnel are paid 1½ times the regular rate for all hours in excess of 40 hours per week. The social security tax rate is 6.0%, and Medicare tax is 1.5% of each employee's annual earnings. The next payroll check to be used is No. 901.
Instructions
1. Prepare a payroll register for Throwback Industries Inc. for the week ended December 9, 2016. Use the following columns for the payroll register: Employee, Total Hours, Regular Earnings, Overtime Earnings, Total Earnings, Social Security Tax, Medicare Tax, Federal Income Tax, U.S. Savings Bonds, Total Deductions, Net Pay, Ck. No., Sales Salaries Expense, and Office Salaries Expense.
2. Journalize the entry to record the payroll for the week.