Triston Vale is paid on a monthly basis. For the month of January of the current year, he earned a total of $5,220.Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax for Social Security is 6.2% on the first $137,700 of earnings eachcalendar year, and the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. TheFederal Unemployment Taxes (FUTA) tax rate is 0.6% and the State Unemployment Taxes (SUTA) tax rate is 5.4%.Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The amount of Federal Income Taxwithheld from his earnings was $885.70.a. Journalize the entry to record the payroll for the month of January.DATEX/XSalaries ExpenseSUTA taxFUTA taxDebitCreditb.Using the information from the question above, journalize the entry to record the payroll tax expense incurredfor the month of January.DATEX/XDebitCredit

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