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Marilyn has a biweekly gross pay of $810 and claims 3 federal withholding allowances. Marilyn has all of the following deductions from her 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 her gross pay
Medicare tax that is 1.45% of her gross pay
state tax that is 21% of her federal tax
Determine how Marilyn’s net pay will be affected if she increases her federal withholding allowances from 3 to 4.
a.
Her net pay will increase by $15.00.
b.
Her net pay will decrease by $15.00.
c.
Her net pay will increase by $18.15.
d.
Her net pay will decrease by $18.15.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Answer: c.

Work:
- For $810 gross, federal tax with 3 allowances = $37; with 4 allowances = $22. Federal withholding decreases by $15.
- State tax = 21% of federal tax, so it decreases by 0.21 × $15 = $3.15.
- Social Security (6.2%) and Medicare (1.45%) are percent of gross and do not change.

Total net-pay increase = $15 + $3.15 = $18.15.