An employee earned $62,500 during the year working for an employer.The FICA tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% of the first $127,200 of employee earnings per calendar year and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings.The current FUTA tax rate is 0.6%,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)$42.00
B)$56.00
C)$378.00
D)$420.00
E)$0.00

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

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