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Step 1. Journalize the entries to record the employer's payroll tax expense for each pay period in the general journal.

Step 2: Journalize the payment of each tax liability in the general journal.

OCTOBER Employee David Clark Jack Johnson Hector Walker Monthly Earnings $ 3,020 3,560 3,800 YTD Earnings $101,800 39,400 43,900 $185,100 FICA OASDI Medicare Federal Income Tax $187.24 $ 43.79 $ 532.00 220.72 51.62 431.00 235.60 55.10 531.00 $10,380 $643.56 $150.51 $1,494.00 NOVEMBER FICA Employee David Clark Jack Johnson Hector Walker Monthly Earnings $ 2,950 3,780 3,880 $10,610 YTD Earnings $104,750 43,180 47,780 $195,710 OASDI $182,90 234.36 240.56 Medicare $ 42.78 54.81 56.26 Federal Income Tax $ 596.00 470.00 556.00 $657.82 $153.85 $1,622.00 Suto DECEMBER FICA Medicare Employee David Clark Jack Johnson Hector Walker Monthly Earnings $ 4,160 3,740 4,460 YTD Earnings $108,910 46,920 52,240 $208,070 OASDI $127.10 231.88 276.52 $ 60.32 54.23 Federal Income Tax $ 870.00 843.00 702.00 $2,055.00 64.67 $12,360 $635.50 $179.22 The employees at Brown's are paid once each month on the last day of the month. David Clark is the only employee who has contributed the maximum into Social Security. None of the other employees will reach the Social Security wage-base limit by the end of the year. Assume the rate for Social Security to be 6.2% with a wage-base maximum of $106,800, and the rate for Medicare to be 1.45% on all earnings. Brown's is classified as a monthly depositor for Form 941 payroll tax deposit purposes

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