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Luis has a biweekly gross pay of $770 and claims 2 federal withholding allowances. Luis has all of the following deductions from his gross pay:
federal tax from the following table
A 9-column table with 7 rows is shown. Column 1 is labeled If the wages are at least with entries 720, 740, 760, 780, 800, 820, 840. Column 2 is labeled But less than with entries 740, 760, 780, 800, 820, 840, 860. Column 3 is labeled And the number of withholding allowances is 0, the amount of income tax withheld is, with entries 80, 83, 86, 89, 92, 95, 98. Column 4 is labeled And the number of withholding allowances is 1, the amount of income tax withheld is, with entries 62, 65, 68, 71, 74, 77, 80. Column 5 is labeled And the number of withholding allowances is 2, the amount of income tax withheld is, with entries 44, 47, 50, 53, 56, 59, 62. Column 6 is labeled And the number of withholding allowances is 3, the amount of income tax withheld is, with entries 26, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43. Column 7 is labeled And the number of withholding allowances is 4, the amount of income tax withheld is, with entries 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26. Column 8 is labeled And the number of withholding allowances is 5, the amount of income tax withheld is, with entries 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13. Column 9 is labeled And the number of withholding allowances is 6, the amount of income tax withheld is, with entries 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1.
Social Security tax that is 6.2% of his gross pay
Medicare tax that is 1.45% of his gross pay
state tax that is 19% of his federal tax
Determine how Luis’ net pay will be affected if he increases his federal withholding allowances from 2 to 3.
a.
His net pay will decrease by $19.00.
b.
His net pay will increase by $19.00.
c.
His net pay will decrease by $22.61.
d.
His net pay will increase by $22.61.



Please select the best answer from the choices provided


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Net pay increases by $22.61 — answer D.

Work:
- Federal withholding at $770: with 2 allowances = $50; with 3 allowances = $31 → federal ↓ $19.00.
- State tax = 19% of federal: 0.19×50 = $9.50 vs 0.19×31 = $5.89 → state ↓ $3.61.
- Social Security and Medicare unchanged.

Total net pay increase = $19.00 + $3.61 = $22.61.