Gonzalez Company has the following data for the weekly payroll ending January 31.

Federal

Hourly

Income Tax

Health

Employee

M

T

W

T

F

S

Rate

Withholding

Insurance

M. Mozart

8

8

9

8

10

3

$10

$34

$10

E. Donnelly

8

8

8

8

8

2

12

37

15

K. Renn

9

10

8

8

9

0

13

58

15

Employees are paid 11/2 times the regular hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. FICA taxes are 8% on the first $100,000 of gross earnings. Gonzalez Company is subject to 5.4% state unemployment taxes and 0.8% federal unemployment taxes on the first $7,000 of gross earnings.

Instructions

(a) Prepare the payroll register for the weekly payroll.

(b) Prepare the journal entries to record the payroll and Gonzalez’s payroll tax expense.