Payroll 5 And 6

25 July 2022
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Schedule A of Form 940 only has to be completed by employers who are subject to the Title XII credit reduction
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False
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Voluntary contributions to a state's unemployment department are:
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designed to increase an employer's reserve account in order to lower the employer's contribution rate
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For FUTA purposes, an employer can be any one of the following except:
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All of the above can be employers.
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Which of the following payments are taxable payments for federal unemployment tax?
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Christmas gifts, excluding noncash gifts of nominal value
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There is a uniform rate of unemployment benefits payable by all states.
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false
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Partnerships do not have to pay unemployment taxes on the wages of their employees.
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false
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If the employer is tardy in paying the state contributions, the credit against the federal tax is limited to what percent of the late payments that would have been allowed as a credit if the contributions had been paid on time?
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90%
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A federal unemployment tax is levied on:
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employers only
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On Form 940, even if the total FUTA tax is more than $500, there is no listing of quarterly federal unemployment tax liabilities.
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False
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The mailing of Form 940 is considered timely if it is postmarked on or before the due date.
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True
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Christmas gifts, excluding noncash gifts of nominal value, are taxable wages for unemployment purposes.
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True
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Retirement pay is taxable wages for FUTA purposes.
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False
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FUTA tax deposits cannot be paid electronically.
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False
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The person who is not an authorized signer of Form 940 is:
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the accountant from the company's independent auditing firm
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Included under the definition of employees for FUTA purposes are:
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officers of a corporation
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An aspect of the interstate reciprocal arrangement concerns:
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the transfer of an employee from one state to another during the year
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An employer can use a credit card to pay the quarterly deposit of FUTA taxes during the year.​
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False
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Even if the duties of depositing the FUTA taxes and filing Form 940 have been outsourced, the employer is still the responsible party.
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true
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Unlike Form 941, there is no penalty for the late filing of Form 940.
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False
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When making a payment of FUTA taxes, the employer must make the payment by the:
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end of the month after the quarter
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Which of the following types of payments are not taxable wages for federal unemployment tax?
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Retirement pay
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Which of the following is not a factor considered in determining coverage of interstate employees?
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Location of company's payroll department
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If an employee works in more than one state, the employer must pay a separate SUTA tax to each of those states in which the employee earns wages.
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False
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Which of the following provides for a reduction in the employer's state unemployment tax rate based on the employer's experience with the risk of unemployment?
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Experience-rating plan
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An employer must pay the quarterly FUTA tax liability if the liability is more than:
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$500
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An employer will use the payroll register to keep track of an employee's accumulated wages.
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False
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The employee's earnings record provides information for each of the following except:
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completing the journal entry to record the payroll
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Which of these accounts shows the total gross earnings that the employer incurs as an expense each payday?
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Wages Expense
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Which of the following is not an expense of the employer?
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Union dues withheld
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The payroll taxes incurred by an employer are FICA, FUTA, and SUTA.
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True
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Which of the following accounts is an expense account in which an employer records the FICA, FUTA, and SUTA taxes?
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Payroll taxes
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Under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, any unclaimed paychecks must be turned over to the state after the next payday.
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False
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The garnishment that takes priority over all others is :​
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a child support order
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The FUTA tax part of the payroll tax entry is recorded at the net amount (0.6%) of the taxable payroll.
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True
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FIT Payable is a liability account used to record employees' withheld federal income tax and also the employer's match of that tax.
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False
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In order to prepare Forms W-2, an employer would utilize the employee's earnings record.
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True
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Under the provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, an employer can discharge an employee simply because the employee's wage is subject to garnishment for a single indebtedness.
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False
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When the federal tax deposit is made, the employees' and employer's shares of FICA taxes are paid along with the employees' FIT taxes withheld.
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True
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Every state allows employers to make e-payment options as a condition of employment.
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False
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An employee's marital status and number of withholding allowances never appear on the payroll register.
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False