Calculate the Social Security and Medicare taxes for the following situations: If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

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Calculating Social Security and Medicare Taxes

Assume a Social Security tax rate of 6.2% is applied to maximum earnings of $128,400 and a Medicare tax rate of 1.45% is applied to all earnings. Calculate the Social Security and Medicare taxes for the following situations:

If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

Cumul. Pay
Before Current
Weekly Payroll

Current
Gross Pay

Year-to-Date
Earnings

Soc. Sec.
Maximum
Amount
Over Max.
Soc. Sec.
Amount
Subject to
Soc. Sec.

Soc. Sec. Tax
Withheld
Medicare
Tax
Withheld
$   30,200 $1,460 $fill in the blank 1 $128,400 $fill in the blank 2 $fill in the blank 3 $fill in the blank 4 $fill in the blank 5
     54,000   2,960   fill in the blank 6   128,400   fill in the blank 7   fill in the blank 8   fill in the blank 9   fill in the blank 10
   125,700   3,340   fill in the blank 11   128,400   fill in the blank 12  fill in the blank 13   fill in the blank 14   fill in the blank 15
  127,100   2,940   fill in the blank 16   128,400   fill in the blank 17   fill in the blank 18   fill in the blank 19   fill in the blank 20
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