Exam 17: Employee Compensation-Payroll,pensions, Other Compissues

During the first week of February, Gabe Hopen earned $300. Assume that FICA taxes are 7.65 percent of wages up to $106,800, state unemployment tax is 5.0 percent of wages up to $13,000, and federal unemployment tax is 0.8 percent of wages up to $13,000. Assume that Gabe has voluntary withholdings of $10 (in addition to taxes) and that federal and state income tax withholdings are $18 and $6, respectively. -Using the information above,what amount is the check,net of all deductions,that Gabe received for the week's pay?

Mint Company sponsors a noncontributory,defined-benefit pension plan.At December 31,2014,the end of the company's fiscal year,the actuary's report showed pension benefits paid of $15,000,and PBO balance of $300,000.The trustee's report showed a beginning plan assets balance (at fair value)of $240,000,contributions for the year of $36,000,and an actual return on plan assets of 10 percent (the expected return was 9 percent). The underfunded PBO at the end of 2014 was

One component of net pension expense,unrecognized gains and losses,comes from the following sources: