Individual Income Taxes
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ISBN: 9780357109731
Author: Hoffman
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 5, Problem 38P
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1. Currently, Jan receives a salary of $48,000 and pays premiums of $2,000 toward the group insurance packages that the employer provides as a fringe benefit. Jan's income tax rate is 24%. The employer is considering reducing Jan's salary by $2,000 to $46,000 and paying the $2,000 insurance premiums. How much money will Jan save if the employer makes the change?
a.$46,000
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c.$480
d.$48,000
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Prove or disprove the statement below:
The CNA (Collective Negotiation Agreement) is considered as a benefit for public employees. Given the formula below: CNA + 13th Month Pay + other benefits > Php30,000 are taxable.
Suppose a certain government employee earns a CNA = php12,764.12, 13th Month Pay php24,291.78, and he has no other benefits. How much of his additional earning will be taxed?
Use the following tax rates, ceiling and maximum taxes to solve the problem below
Employee and Employer OASDI: 6.20% $127,200 $7,886.40
Employee* and Employer HI: 1.45% No limit No maximum
Self-employed OASDI: 12.4% $127,200 $15,772.80
Self-employed HI: 2.9% No limit No maximum
*Employee HI: Plus an additional 0.9% on wages over $200,000. Also applicable to self-employed.
Rounding Rules: Unless instructed otherwise compute hourly rate and overtime rates as follows:
1. Carry the hourly rate and the overtime rate to 3 decimal places and then round off to 2 decimals places (round the hourly rate to 2 decimal places before multiplying by one and one-half to determine the overtime rate).
2. If the third decimal place is 5 or more, round to the next higher cent.
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