Contestant Number: ________________

PAYROLL ACCOUNTING (S) - REGIONAL 2014 Time: _________

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Rank: _________

PAYROLL ACCOUNTING
(125)
—Secondary—
REGIONAL – 2014
Multiple Choice & Short Answer:

Multiple Choice (15 @ 2 points each) ______________ (30 points)

Short Answers (24 @ 2 points each) ______________ (48 points)

Production:

Job 1: Payroll Register ______________ (73 points)

TOTAL POINTS ______________ (151 points)

Failure to adhere to any of the following rules will result in disqualification:

1. Contestant must hand in this test booklet and all printouts. Failure to do so will
result in disqualification.
2. No equipment, supplies, or materials other than those specified for this event are
allowed in the testing area. No previous BPA tests and/or sample tests or facsimile
(handwritten, photocopied, or keyed) are allowed in the testing area.
3. Electronic devices will be monitored according to ACT standards.

No more than ten (10) minutes orientation

No more than 90 minutes testing time
No more than ten (10) minutes wrap-up

Property of Business Professionals of America.

May be reproduced only for use in the Business Professionals of America
Workplace Skills Assessment Program competition.
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General Instructions

You have been hired as a Financial Assistant and will be keeping the accounting records for Professional
Business Associates, located at 5454 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43231. Professional Business
Associates provides accounting and other financial services for clients. You will complete jobs for
Professional Business Associates’ own accounting records, as well as for clients.

You will have 90 minutes to complete your work. The test is divided into two parts. The multiple choice
and short answer questions should be completed first, and then the accounting problems may be
completed in any order.

Your name and/or school name should NOT appear on any work you submit for grading. Write your
contestant number in the provided space. Staple all pages in order before you turn in your test.

Assumptions to make when taking this assessment:

 Round all rates per hour and payroll calculations to two decimal places
 Assume employees earn overtime for any hours worked over 40 hours in a week unless otherwise
instructed
 All time calculations are rounded to the nearest quarter hour
 Income Tax Withholding Tables are provided at the end of the assessment
 Use 6.2% for Social Security Tax and 1.45% for Medicare Tax
 Use 5.4% for State Unemployment Tax and 0.8% for Federal Unemployment Tax
 Assume that no employee has accumulated earnings in excess of the social security tax, SUTA, or
FUTA base
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Multiple Choice:

Select the best answer and record the answer on the Scantron provided.

1. The net pay to employees is commonly known as

a. Gross Pay
b. Take Home Pay
c. Salary Compensation
d. Payroll Expense

2. _______ - deductions = Net Pay is a basic formula to determine net pay for each employee for
each pay period
a. Non-taxable Earnings
b. Yearly Earnings
c. Gross Earnings
d. Cumulative Earnings

3. The form filled out by a new employee to determine the amount of income tax to be withheld
from their paycheck
a. Form W-2
b. Form W-4
c. Form 1040
d. Form I-9

4. If an employee works 33.5 hours and is paid $9.13 per hour, how much is their gross pay?
a. $305.85
b. $301.29
c. $305.86
d. $303.57

5. Which group of employees has the highest amount of federal income tax generally withheld?
a. Married, 3 exemptions
b. Single, 2 exemptions
c. Married, 0 exemptions
d. Single, 0 exemptions

6. The Employee’s Earnings Record shows an employee which of the following information for the
year
a. Promotions and reviews history
b. Who is garnishing wages from them
c. Cumulative earnings
d. Emergency contacts

7. The payroll register is used to produce

a. W-2s
b. Employee total wages for the year
c. Journal entries for the current payroll period
d. 1099s to be issued to vendors
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8. Bert has 43 hours in the current payroll period and his hourly wage is $9.35 per hour. If Bert
earns time and a half for all hours over 40, how much is his gross pay?
a. $402.05
b. $416.09
c. $416.06
d. $374.00

9. Social security tax is paid by

a. Employee only
b. Employer only
c. Employee and employer
d. Federal government

10. From which of the following are federal income taxes withheld?
a. Vacation Pay
b. Bonus Pay
c. Personal Day Pay
d. All of the above

11. Which statement is true

a. There will always be federal income tax withheld from every employee
b. Employers are only ones that pay the employee’s social security tax
c. Every time that a payroll occurs, there is a journal entry for the employee’s earnings and
a journal entry for the employer’s payroll tax expense.
d. You can choose to never pay any income tax legally

12. FMLA refers to the

a. Future and Medical Leave Act
b. Family and Medical Leave Act
c. Family and Medical Leave Accounting
d. None of the above

13. Employees’ W-2 amounts are for

a. Current calendar year wages paid to the employee
b. Current calendar year hours and wages worked by the employee
c. Show the amount of non-employee compensation received by the employee
d. Show this year and last year’s wages paid to the employee.

14. If the maximum amount of taxable wages for Federal Unemployment Tax is $7,000 per employee
and the employer’s rate is .8% of this, what is the most an employer will be liable to pay for each
employee?
a. $560.00
b. $5.60
c. $56.00
d. None of these are correct
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15. If an employer has total wages of $103,990 paid to employees during a period and $43,000 of
these are exempt (not taxable) from SUTA, how much will the employer’s liability be if their
SUTA rate is 3.14%?
a. $19,150.86
b. $1,915.09
c. $32,652.86
d. $3,265.29

Short Answer:

1. Rob Jason is paid bi-weekly. His yearly salary is $36,000 and is paid time and a half for any
hours worked over 40 in a week. During the payroll period, he had 4 hours of overtime.
Calculate Rob’s pay and overtime rate for the bi-weekly period.

Regular Salary $_______________________

Overtime Rate $____________

Overtime Pay $_______________________

Gross Pay $_______________________

2. Gwen Mann is paid every week. Gwen is paid on a piece rate system of $.86 per piece produced
during the week. Last week Gwen produced the following units in her 40 hour work week:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Total Pieces Total Pay

155 154 164 150 144

3. Will Grey is a salaried sales person with a bonus incentive plan for sales above his quota. His
quota for sales is $1,000,000 per year. He earns 4% on all sales above this quota. His yearly sales
are $2,000,000 with a base salary of $75,000 per year. Calculate his total yearly earnings?

$______________________________________

If another company offered him a similar position with the same amount of sales but no base
salary or quota (just commission on sales), what % commission must he receive in order to equal
his present total yearly earnings?

____________%
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4. You current job pays an annual salary of $112,630. Assuming you are paid bi-weekly and work a
normal 40-hour week, calculate the following.

Earnings per pay period $______________________

Pay rate per hour $______________________

5. Using the following time card, calculate the regular, overtime, and total earnings for Gia Nelson.
Gia takes a 30 minute lunch period each day she works more than 5 hours. In addition, she is not
docked hours or given additional hours for punch-in/out times +/- 6 minutes or less. Her regular
work day is 8 am – 4:30 pm and she receives time and a half for all hours over 40 for the week.

Time Card
Employee No. 120765 Week Ending March 12, 2013
Name: Nelson, Gia Exemptions: 2
Social Security No.: 393-65-8821 Hourly Rate: $8.90
Day In Out Hours
Monday 8:03 AM 4:33 PM
Tuesday 7:56 AM 4:30 PM
Wednesday 8:15 AM 5:01 PM
Thursday 8:00 AM 6:03 PM
Friday 8:00 AM 5:31 PM
Saturday 9:01 AM 12:33 PM
Hours Rate Earnings
Regular

Overtime

Totals N/A
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Problem #1: Payroll Register (73 Points)

Complete the following payroll register for Chickadee Company. All employees are paid weekly at an
hourly rate, and Federal Income Tax is withheld at a flat rate of 25% instead of using the taxes.

Payroll
Register
Reg. Reg. OT OT Gross Deductions
Social Health Net
NAME Hours Rate Hours Rate Wages Security Med FIT SIT (5%) Insurance Pay

Johnson 35 12.25 25.00

Andrews 40 12.30 60.00
Barker 40 9.65 5
Benson 37.5 11.45
O'Mally 34.5 9.65 15.00
Severson 40 12.25 4.5 30.00
Smit 36 9.65 5.00
Tagert 38 11.45 17.00
Wagner 40 12.97 3.25 50.00
TOTALS XXX XXX