The payroll register for Gamble Company for the week ended April 29 indicated the following: Salaries $1,250,000 Social security tax withheld 75,000 Medicare tax withheld 18,750 Federal income tax withheld 250,000 In addition, state and federal unemployment taxes were calculated at the rate of 5.4% and 0.6%, respectively, on $225,000 of salaries. Required: a. Journalize the entry to record the payroll for the week of April 29. b. Journalize the entry to record the payroll tax expense incurred for the week of April 29.

Suppose that a major city’s main thoroughfare, which is also an interstate highway, will be completely closed to traffic for two years, from january 2014 to december 2015, for reconstruction at a cost of $535 million. if the construction company were to keep the highway open for traffic during construction, the highway reconstruction project would take much longer and be more expensive. suppose that construction would take four years if the highway were kept open, at a total cost of $800 million. the state department of transportation had to make its decision in 2014, one year before the start of construction (so that the first payment was one year away). so the department of transportation had the following choices: (i) close the highway during construction, at an annual cost of $267.5 million per year for two years. (ii) keep the highway open during construction, at an annual cost of $200 million per year for four years. now suppose the interest rate is 80%. calculate the present value of the costs incurred under each plan.