EIGHT Company has a defined contribution retirement plan that covers its seventy five existing employees. The term of the plan require EIGHT to contribute 7.5% of the annual employees' salaries to the retirement plan each year. The payroll records show the average quarterly salaries as follows: 2020 1,275,850 1,390,675 2021

EIGHT Company has a defined contribution retirement plan that covers its seventy five existing employees. The term of the plan require EIGHT to contribute 7.5% of the annual employees' salaries to the retirement plan each year. The payroll records show the average quarterly salaries as follows: 2020 1,275,850 1,390,675 2021

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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