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The payroll of Sarasota Company for September $2019$ is as follows.

Total payroll was $$492,000,$ of which $$102,000$ is exempt from Social Security tax because it represented amounts paid in excess of

$$128,400$ to certain employees. The amount paid to employees in excess of $$7,000($the maximum for both federal and state

unemployment tax$)$ was $$400,000.$ Income taxes in the amount of $$80,000$ were withheld, as was $$8,200$ in union dues. The state

unemployment tax is $3\mathrm{.}5\%,$ but Sarasota Company is allowed a credit of $2\mathrm{.}3\%$ by the state for its unemployment experience. Also,

assume that the current FICA tax is $7\mathrm{.}65\%$ on an employee's wages to $$128,400$ and $1\mathrm{.}45\%$ in excess of $$128,400.$ No employee for

Sarasota makes more than $$135,000.$ The federal unemployment tax rate is $0\mathrm{.}8\%$ after state credit.

Prepare the necessary journal entries if the wages and salaries paid and the employer payroll taxes are recorded separately. $($Round

answers to $0$ decimal places, e$.$g$.5,275.$ If no entry is required, select $"$No Entry" for the account titles and enter $0$ for the amounts $.$Credit

account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.$)$

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Debit

Credit

Payroll Tax Expense

Withholding Taxes Payable

Union Dues Payable

FICA Taxes Payable

$[$

$($To record wages and salaries paid$)$

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$$

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$($To record employer payroll taxes$)$

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