On January 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, North Company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $26,000 of sales salaries. Withholdings from the employees’ salaries include FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $549 of medical insurance deductions, and $170 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period. Prepare the journal entry to record North Company’s January 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.

Exercise 2-12 cost behavior; high-low method [lo2-3, lo2-4] speedy parcel service operates a fleet of delivery trucks in a large metropolitan area. a careful study by the company’s cost analyst has determined that if a truck is driven 120,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost is 11.6 cents per mile. if a truck is driven only 80,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost increases to 13.6 cents per mile. required: 1.& 2. using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of truck operation. (round the "variable cost per mile" to 3 decimal places.)