An employee earned $62,300 during the year working for an employer. The FICA tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 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 $7000 of an employee's pay. What is the amount of total unemployment taxes the employee must pay?

A. $378.00
B. $42.00
C. $0.00
D. $420.00
E. $56.00


Answer: C

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