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Calculate the Social Security and Medicare tax that would be applied to an annual salary of $35,400.
a.
Social Security tax: $2,194.80, Medicare tax: $513.30
b.
Social Security tax: $21,948.00, Medicare tax: $5,133.00
c.
Social Security tax: $6,621.60, Medicare tax: $513.30
d.
Social Security tax: $66,216.00, Medicare tax: $5,133.00


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Answered by GPT 3.5
To calculate the Social Security tax, you would multiply the annual salary by the Social Security tax rate. The Social Security tax rate is currently 6.2%.

Social Security tax = $35,400 * 0.062 = $2,194.80

To calculate the Medicare tax, you would multiply the annual salary by the Medicare tax rate. The Medicare tax rate is currently 1.45%.

Medicare tax = $35,400 * 0.0145 = $513.30

Therefore, the correct answer is:

a. Social Security tax: $2,194.80, Medicare tax: $513.30.

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