Reference no: EM133091524
Questions -
Q1. A. The employer's FICA Sue earned $56,000 working for an employer in the current year. The current rate for Social Security is 6.2% payable on earnings up to $137,700 maximum per year and the Medicare rate is 1.45% with no cap.
The FUTA tax rate of .6% is applied on ALL Earnings. The SUTA tax rate of 5.4% is applied to the first $6,000 of an employee's pay.
Total payroll tax expense for this employee is?
B. Using the above information for Sue: When the employer remits the total payment to the Medicare Administration, how much will the payment be?
Q2. Company K has Preferred Stock on the balance sheet. They currently have 500,000 Preferred Shares Authorized and 100,000 Preferred Shares Issued and 10,000 in Treasury Stock. The Preferred Stock is $5 Stock with a Par Value of $25 per share.
A. When the Company declares a dividend, what is the Maximum amount PER SHARE that each shareholder can receive?
B. When the Company declares a dividend, what is the Maximum amount IN TOTAL the Preferred Shareholders will receive?