Question

Your boss approaches you in mid-December and requests that you pay certain employees their gross pay amount as if there were no deductions as their year-end bonuses. None of the employees have reached the Social Security wage base for the year. Required: What is the gross-up amount for each of the following employees

Answer 1

The gross up amount for each employee is $4,500.

Step-by-step explanation:

Social security wage base is a amount of tax on the salary which is used as a social security at the old age. The amount is determined based on a person's salary. The employees will have no deduction from their salary as they do are not eligible for social security wage base. The year end bonus will be the gross which is paid to the employees.