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Assume an employee of Rocco Rock Company earns $2,700 of gross wages during the current pay period and is required to remit to the government $270 for income tax and $135 for FICA. Consider the following two procedures for paying the employee:

	Procedure 1 (Withholdings)		Procedure 2 (No Withholdings)
	Rocco Rock Company pays the employee net wages of $2,295 and will remit income taxes and FICA on behalf of the employee.		Rocco Rock Company pays the employee gross wages of $2,700 and the employee is responsible for remitting income taxes and FICA himself.

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1-a.	Ignoring employer payroll taxes, under each procedure calculate (a) the total labor cost for the company and (b) the amount of cash the employee will have after satisfying all responsibilities to the government.

	Total Labor Cost Amount of Cash Procedure 1 (Withholdings) Procedure 2 (No withholdings)

1-b Prepare the journal entries required by the employer under procedure 1, assuming that the employee is paid in cash, but the withholdings and matching employer FICA contribution have not yet been paid. (Assume no unemployment taxes.) (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.) Journal entry worksheet *Record the wages expense, including payroll deductions. Note: Enter debits before credits. *Record the payroll tax expense.

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