An employee earned $62,200 during the year working for an employer. the fica tax rate for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 of employee earnings per calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the current futa tax rate is 0.6%, and the suta tax rate is 5.4%. both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. what is the amount of total unemployment taxes the employee must pay?

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Agustin Navarro

4 November, 04:12

An employee earned $62,200 during the year working for an employer. the fica tax rate for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 of employee earnings per calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the current futa tax rate is 0.6%, and the suta tax rate is 5.4%. both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. what is the amount of total unemployment taxes the employee must pay?

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Courtney Buchanan · Answer 1

Given that the current futa tax rate is 0.6%, and the suta tax rate is 5.4% and both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay.

Therefore, the amount of total unemployment taxes the employee must pay is given by:

0.006 (7,000) + 0.054 (7,000) = 42 + 378 = $420.