Question

A speech pathologist had a gross income of $62,650 last year. if 18.9% of her income got withheld for federal income tax, how much of the speech pathologist's pay got withheld for federal income tax last year?

a. $118.41
b. $11.84
c. $1184.09
d. $11,840.85

Answer 1

Here is the solution of the given problem above.
Given: Gross income of the pathologist last year= $62,650
Federal income tax = 18.9%
? = amount of federal income tax withheld
In order to get the answer, we need to find how much of 62,650 is 18.9%.
So 0.189 x 62,650 would be $11,840.85.
Therefore, the correct answer for the question above would be option D. The amount of federal income tax withheld last year is $11,840.85. Hope this answer helps.