An employee earned $62,500 during the year working for an employer. The FICA tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45%. The current FUTA tax rate is 0.8%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. What is the amount of total unemployment taxes the employee must pay?
A) $101.50
B) $56.00
C) $378.00
D) $434.00
E) $0.00

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Unemployment taxes (FUTA and SUTA) are employer-paid taxes, not employee responsibilities. Therefore, the employee does not pay any amount towards unemployment taxes.

An Employee Earned $62,500 During the Year Working for an Employer