A primary weakness of the direct write-off method is that a. the expense of a bad debt is not matched to the period that generated the uncollectible sale amount. b. it understates accounts receivable on the balance sheet. c. it is based on estimates. d. it is too difficult for many companies to use.

Portia grant is an employee who is paid monthly. for the month of january of the current year, she earned a total of $8,388. the fica tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the futa tax rate of 0.6% and the suta tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. the amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,391.77. what is the total amount of taxes withheld from the portia's earnings?