The information on earnings and deductions for the pay period ended December 14 from King Company's payroll records is as follows: Beginning
Cumulative
Name Gross Pay Earnings
Burgess, J. L. $426 $6,763
Clayton, M. E. 760 40,434
Drugden, T. F. 881 38,253
Lui, L. W. 1,096 39,918
Sparks, C. R. 4,145 114,943
Stevers, D. H. 848 6,781
For each employee, the Social Security tax is 6.2 percent of the first $118,500 and the employer's Social Security tax is 6.2 percent on the same earnings limit. The Medicare tax is 1.45 percent on all earnings. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.6 percent of the first $7,000 of earnings of each employee. The state unemployment tax rate is 5.4 percent of the same base.
Determine the total taxable earnings for unemployment, Social Security, and Medicare. If an amount is zero, enter "0".

25. kerry company plans to sell 200,000 units of finished product in july and anticipates a growth rate in sales of 5% per month. the desired monthly ending inventory in units of finished product is 80% of the next month's estimated sales. there are 150,000 finished units in inventory on june 30. kerry company's production requirement in units of finished product for the three-month period ending september 30 is: a. 712,025 units b. 630,500 units c. 664,000 units d. 665,720 units

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances

Which of the following statements about revision is most accurate? (a) you must compose first drafts quickly (sprint writing) and return later for editing. (b) careful writers always revise as they write. (c) revision is required for only long and complex business documents. (d) some business writers prefer to compose first drafts quickly and revise later; others prefer to revise as they go.