Employee earnings records for Brantley Restaurants reveal the following gross earnings for four employees through the pay period of December 15:

 

C. Mays

$83,500

D. Delgado

$86,100

L. Jeter

$85,600

T. Rollin

$87,000

For the pay period ending December 31, each employee’s gross earnings is $3,000. The FICA tax rate is 8 percent on gross earnings of $87,900.

Instructions

Compute the FICA withholdings that should be made for each employee for the December 31 pay period. (Show computations.)