Chapter 8
Paying, Recording, and Reporting
Payroll and Payroll Taxes: The
Conclusion of the Payroll Process
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Learning Objective 1
Recording payroll and payroll taxes
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Record Salaries Expense
Use Employee’s Payroll Register
 Salary/Wages Expense = gross salary of all
employees
 Salaries/Wages Payable = net pay
 Amounts of taxes withheld = “payable”
accounts
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Record Salaries Expense
GENERAL JOURNAL
Date
Description
Page 3
PR
Debit
Sep 30 Wages & Salaries Expense
FIT Payable
SIT Payable
FICA-OASDI Payable
FICA-Medicare Payable
Wages & Salaries Payable
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Credit
Learning Objective 2
Paying payroll and recording the paying of
payroll
Learning Objective 3
Calculating employer taxes for FICA
OASDI, FICA Medicare, FUTA, SUTA, and
workers’ compensation insurance
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Record Payment of Salaries
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FICA, FUTA & SUTA Rates
FICA- OASDI FICA- Medicare FUTA SUTA
6.2%
1.45%
0.8%
5.6%
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EIN & SS-4
EIN - Employer Identification Number is a
number assigned by the IRS to an
employer.
 SS-4 - Form filled out by an employer to
obtain an EIN.

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FIT and FICA
Deposited in an authorized depository or
in a Federal Reserve Bank
 If company owes < $2,500 in total taxes,
deposit quarterly
 Monthly depositor – deposit taxes on 15th
day of every month
 Semiweekly – deposit taxes once or twice
each week

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FIT and FICA

Form 8109 – Federal Tax Deposit
Coupon – used when making deposits by
check
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Record Payment of Form 941
Taxes
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Exercise 8-4
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Form 941
Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return
 Completed after the end of each calendar
quarter
 Reports total FICA (OASDI and
Medicare) taxes owed plus amount of FIT
withheld from employee’s pay

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Form 941 (Partial)
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Exercise 8-2
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Record Payroll Tax Expense
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Exercise 8-3
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Learning Objective 4
Paying FUTA, SUTA, and workers’
compensation insurance
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Paying FUTA Tax
If tax owed for calendar year < $500,
employer pays to the IRS by end of
January of the next year (30 DAYS)
 If amount owed > $500, employer pays
quarterly due by the end of the month
following the end of the calendar quarter
(30 DAYS)

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Record Payment of FUTA Tax
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Federal Unemployment Tax
Returns

Form 940
◦ Prepared at end of calendar year
◦ Reports the amount of unemployment tax
due for the year
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Paying SUTA Tax
Paid to state government
 Typically due by end of month following
each calendar quarter

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Record Payment of SUTA Tax
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Record Payment of Workers’
Compensation Insurance
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Exercise 8-8 part (a)
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Exercise 8-8 parts (b & c)
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Learning Objective 5
Preparing Forms W-2, W-3, and 940-EZ
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W-2: Wage and Tax Statement
Prepared by employer each calendar year
Provides summary of gross earnings and
deductions to each employee
 Copies:


◦ Employee
◦ IRS
◦ Any state where employees’ income taxes have been
withheld
◦ Social Security Administration
◦ Company records
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Sample W-2
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W-3: Transmittal of Income and Tax
Statements
Completed by employer to verify the
number of W-2’s and amounts withheld
 Sent to a Social Security Administration
data processing center along with copies
of each employee’s W-2

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Sample W-3
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End of Chapter 8
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