The following are two independent situations.

Situation 1: Conchita Cosmetics acquired 10% of the 204,600 shares of common stock of Martinez Fashion at a total cost of $15 per share on March 18, 2014. On June 30, Martinez declared and paid a $77,200 cash dividend. On December 31, Martinez reported net income of $123,100 for the year. At December 31, the market price of Martinez Fashion was $17 per share. The securities are classified as available-for-sale.

Situation 2: Monica, Inc. obtained significant influence over Seles Corporation by buying 32% of Seles's 32,800 outstanding shares of common stock at a total cost of $11 per share on January 1, 2014. On June 15, Seles declared and paid a cash dividend of $40,400. On December 31, Seles reported a net income of $87,500 for the year.

Required:

Prepare all necessary journal entries in 2014 for both situations.

Alamar petroleum company offers its employees the option of contributing retirement funds up to 5% of their wages or salaries, with the contribution being matched by alamar. the company also pays 80% of medical and life insurance premiums. deductions relating to these plans and other payroll information for the first biweekly payroll period of february are listed as follows: wages and salaries $ 2,800,000 employee contribution to voluntary retirement plan 92,000 medical insurance premiums 50,000 life insurance premiums 9,800 federal income taxes to be withheld 480,000 local income taxes to be withheld 61,000 payroll taxes: federal unemployment tax rate 0.60 % state unemployment tax rate (after futa deduction) 5.40 % social security tax rate 6.20 % medicare tax rate 1.45 % required: prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the biweekly pay period. assume that no employee's cumulative wages exceed the relevant wage bases for social security, and that all employees' cumulative wages do exceed the relevant unemployment wage bases.