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qid 864 · business

Question: Robert Rogers is a real estate salesman whose commission is 3.5% of his sales. He is married and claims three exemptions. Last month his sales were $256,225. What were Robert's gross earnings, standard deductions, and net earnings?

  1. $8,967.88, $2,586.84, $7,381.04
  2. $9,217.88, $2,586.84, $6,631.04
  3. $8967.88, $2586.84, $6381.04
  4. $9,000.00, $2,586.84, $6,413.16
  5. $8967.88, $2075.67, $6381.04
  6. $8,900.00, $2,075.67, $6,824.33
  7. $256,225, $2075.67, $6381.04
  8. $256,225, $2586.84, $6381.04
  9. $8,967.88, $3,000.00, $5,967.88
  10. $8,967.88, $2,500.00, $6,467.88

Our answer: C. $8967.88, $2586.84, $6381.04 Source quote machine-checked (at mint)

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Payroll: commission gross earnings, standard deductions (FICA + federal income tax withheld from a percentage-method table row), net earnings, one month, married, three exemptions

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Current source

REA, The Business, Accounting & Finance Problem Solver (2000), PROBLEM 8-23, page 259, archive.org businessaccounti0000unse and businessaccounti0000unse_l0m0 (full-text index snippets, quoted in the source field)

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