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  • Jul 24, 2009, 03:03 AM
    Karentaulbee
    Payroll and Payroll Tax Expense on an Income Statement
    Is the payroll expense on the Income Statement the gross amount of payroll? What I have seen so far is that it is the gross amount and then the payroll taxes are also listed. Isn't it doubling the amount of expense for the payroll taxes?
    Thanks for your help!
  • Jul 24, 2009, 04:07 AM
    ROLCAM

    You are quite right , the payroll taxes ( which
    Is the income tax payable ) are included in the gross amount.
    The other payroll tax included in the statement is a separate issue from Income tax.
    It is known as Payroll Tax and this tax is an expense to the employer.

    There is no double dipping here.
  • Jul 25, 2009, 02:16 AM
    morgaine300

    It's not doubling the amount of taxes necessarily. What is deducted from the employee's check can be different taxes from what the employer might have to pay in addition to that.

    Except that no one can tell you exactly what those are unless we know what country you're in -- we get worldwide people around here.

    If you're in the U.S. I can answer that. Social security and medicare are "matched" by the employer. That is, whatever is deducted from the paycheck of the employee is duplicated by the employer. So that one is doubled. Any federal, state or local withholdings are deductions only. Federal unemployment is employer-paid only. State unemployment may be a deduction and paid by the employer, possibly at two different percents. State stuff is always state-dependent. (Some states don't even have unemployment.) Things like Workers Comp (worker injury insurance) is employer only.

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