1. Payroll Liabilities and Tax Records
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2. Analyzing and Journalizing the Payroll
When a business has more than a couple employees, it typically handles it’s payroll from a separate payroll account.
A check is written from the general account and deposited into the payroll account
The amount transferred is equal to the total net pay for the pay period
Salaries Expense is debited the amount of Gross Pay and Cash (the amount of net pay) and payroll liability accounts are credited
Deductions are liabilities to the company (money owed to someone else). They are stored in separate accounts until paid to the proper place
Employees’ Federal Income Tax Payable
Social Security Tax Payable
Medicare Tax Payable
Hospital Insurance Premium Payable
U.S. Savings Bonds Payable
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3. Journalizing and Posting Payroll
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4. Employer’s Payroll Taxes
For each employee a company has, it must pay it’s own share of taxes.
FICA
Social Security
Medicare
Federal Unemployment Tax
State Unemployment Tax
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5. Computing Payroll Tax Expense
FICA
Employers pay the same percent of FICA as employees. The percent is multiplied by the total gross income amount.
Federal and State Unemployment Taxes
Employers pay Federal Unemployment Taxes on the first $7,000 of annual earnings per employee
State Unemployment Taxes are usually about .8%
Federal Tax Rate – deduction of 5.4% max of state rate
(6.2% - 5.4% = .8%) (state rate – maximum deductible amount)
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6. Journalizing the Employer Payroll Taxes
Payroll Tax Expense is where all payroll taxes are expensed from payables.
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8. Paying Payroll Tax Liabilities
FICA and Federal Income Taxes – A business makes one payment combining Social Security, Medicare, and Employee’s Federal Income Tax
Most businesses do this monthly
Taxes are due by the 15th day of the month following the payroll month
Many businesses pay their tax withholdings using Form 8109 (Federal Tax Deposit Coupon)
941 means it is for the taxes listed above
2nd quarter indicates the quarter the pay period fell in
Many larger businesses use the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)
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9. Form 8109
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10. Journalizing Employer’s Fed and State Inc Tax Liability
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11. Federal Unemployment Tax
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12. State Unemployment Tax & Voluntary Deductions
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13. Posting Payment of Payroll Liabilities
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14. Preparing Payroll Tax Forms
Employers must complete a variety of payroll-related tax forms:
W-2 – Wage and Tax Statement – Annually
W-3 – Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statement – Annually
941 – Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return - Quarterly
Employer’s Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return - Annually
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