2. Payroll Accounting Appendix F Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.
Describe and record employer payroll taxes.
Discuss the objectives of internal control for payroll.

3. Accounting for Payroll
“Payroll” pertains to both:
Salaries - managerial, administrative, and sales personnel (monthly or yearly rate).
Wages - store clerks, factory employees, and manual laborers (rate per hour).
Determining the Payroll
Involves computing three amounts: (1) gross earnings, (2) payroll deductions, and (3) net pay.

4. Determining the Payroll
Gross Earnings
Total compensation earned by an employee (wages or salaries, plus any bonuses and commissions).
Illustration F-1
LO 1 Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.

5. Determining the Payroll
Payroll Deductions
Mandatory:
FICA tax
Federal income tax
State and city income taxes
Voluntary:
Charity
Insurance
Union dues
Pension plans
LO 1 Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.

6. Determining the Payroll
Payroll Deductions
Social Security taxes
Supplemental retirement, employment disability, and medical benefits.
The rate is 6.2% for Social Security on the first $106,800 of gross earnings for each employee plus 1.45% for Medicare on the gross earnings for each employee, no limit.
Mandatory:
FICA tax
Federal income tax
State and city income taxes
LO 1

7. Determining the Payroll
Payroll Deductions
Mandatory:
FICA tax
Federal income tax
State and city income taxes
Employers are required to withhold income taxes from employees’ pay.
Withholding amounts are based on gross wages and the number of allowances claimed.
LO 1 Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.

8. Determining the Payroll
Payroll Deductions
Mandatory:
FICA tax
Federal income tax
State income tax
Most states (and some cities) require employers to withhold income taxes from employees’ earnings.
LO 1 Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.

9. Determining the Payroll
Net Pay
Gross earnings minus payroll deductions.
Illustration F-7
LO 1 Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.

10. Recording the Payroll Maintaining Payroll Department Records LO 1
Illustration F-8
LO 1

11. Recording the Payroll Maintaining Payroll Department Records LO 1
Illustration F-9
LO 1

12. Recording the Payroll Recognizing Payroll Expenses and Liabilities
Illustration: Prepare the entry Academy Company would make to record the payroll for the week ending January 14.
Salaries and wages expense 17,210.00
FICA taxes payable 1,316.57
Federal income taxes payable 3,490.00
State income taxes payable
United fund contributions payable
Union dues payable
Salaries and wages payable 11,522.73
LO 1 Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.

13. Recording the Payroll Recording Payment of the Payroll
Illustration: Prepare the entry Academy Company would make to record the payment of the payroll.
Salaries and wages payable 11,522.73
Cash 11,522.73
LO 1 Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.

14. Recording the Payroll
Illustration F-10
Paycheck and statement of
earnings
LO 1 Compute and record the payroll for a pay period.

15. Employer Payroll Taxes
Payroll tax expense results from three taxes that governmental agencies levy on employers.
These taxes are:
FICA tax
Federal unemployment tax
State unemployment tax
Same rate and maximum earnings as the employee’s.
The rate is 6.2% for Social Security on the first $106,800 of gross earnings for each employee plus 1.45% for Medicare on the gross earnings for each employee, no limit.
LO 2 Describe and record employer payroll taxes.

16. Employer Payroll Taxes
Payroll tax expense results from three taxes that governmental agencies levy on employers.
These taxes are:
FICA tax
Federal unemployment tax
State unemployment tax
FUTA tax rate is 6.2% of first $7,000 of taxable wages.
Employers who pay the state unemployment tax on a timely basis will receive an offset credit of up to 5.4%. Therefore, the net federal tax rate is generally 0.8%.
LO 2 Describe and record employer payroll taxes.

17. Employer Payroll Taxes
Payroll tax expense results from three taxes that governmental agencies levy on employers.
These taxes are:
FICA tax
Federal unemployment tax
State unemployment tax
SUTA basic rate is usually 5.4% on the first $7,000 of wages paid.
LO 2 Describe and record employer payroll taxes.

18. Employer Payroll Taxes
Illustration: Academy records the payroll tax expense associated with the January 14 payroll with the following entry. Use the following rates: FICA 8%, state unemployment 5.4%, federal unemployment 0.8%.
Payroll tax expense 2,383.59
FICA tax payable 1,316.57 *
State unemployment taxes payable **
Federal unemployment taxes payable
***
* $ 17, x 7.65% = $1,316.57
** $17, x 5.4% = $929.34
*** $17,210 x .8% = $137.68
LO 2 Describe and record employer payroll taxes.

19. Employer Payroll Taxes
Question
Employer payroll taxes do not include:
Federal unemployment taxes.
State unemployment taxes.
Federal income taxes.
FICA taxes.
LO 2 Describe and record employer payroll taxes.

20. Filing and Remitting Payroll Taxes
Companies must report FICA taxes and federal income taxes withheld no later than one month following the close of each quarter.
Companies generally file and remit federal unemployment taxes annually on or before January 31 of the subsequent year. Companies usually file and pay state unemployment taxes by the end of the month following each quarter.
Employers must provide each employee with a Wage and Tax Statement (Form W-2) by January 31.
LO 2 Describe and record employer payroll taxes.

21. Filing and Remitting Payroll Taxes
APPENDIX
Illustration F-12

22. Internal Control for Payroll
As applied to payroll, the objectives of internal control are
to safeguard company assets against unauthorized payments of payrolls, and
to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the accounting records pertaining to payrolls.
LO 3 Discuss the objectives of internal control for payroll.

23. Filing and Remitting Payroll Taxes
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Illustration F-13

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