Lightning electronics is a midsize manufacturer of lithium batteries. the company’s payroll records for the november 1–14 pay period show that employees earned wages totaling $58,000 but that employee income taxes totaling $8,600 and fica taxes totaling $3,025 were withheld from this amount. the net pay was directly deposited into the employees’ bank accounts. assume lightning electronics also must pay $330 of unemployment taxes for this pay period. prepare the journal entry or entries that lightning would use to record the payroll. include both employee and employer taxes. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field.)
1) record journal entries: a) record the wages expense for november 1-14 time period, including payroll deductions. b) record the payroll tax expense.