Required: Determine the amount that should be accrued each week for each employee. b Show next year's journal entry needed to distribute the weekly payroll. The Tom Thumb Corporation uses the perpetual cost accumulation system. To prepare the entry, assume that no employee would be on vacation.
Required: Determine the amount that should be accrued each week for each employee. b Show next year's journal entry needed to distribute the weekly payroll. The Tom Thumb Corporation uses the perpetual cost accumulation system. To prepare the entry, assume that no employee would be on vacation.
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Transcribed Image Text:VACATION PAY
The Tom Thumb Corporation follows this vacation policy for its factory workers:
I to 3 years of service: 1 week paid vacation
4 to 12 years of service: 3 weeks paid vacation
Over 12 years of service: 4 wecks paid vacation
The payroll records show the following information pertaining to next year (all em-
ployees work directly on the product):
YEARS OF
EMPLOYMENT
SALARY
(WEEKLY)
NAME
I. Gelati
B. O'Hara
R. Reilly
F. Maestro
R. Auerbach
K. Sposare
T. Fyumo
$350
175
370
15
425
8.
400
125
390
Requlred:
Determine the amount that should be accrued each week for each employee.
b Show next year's journal entry needed to distribute the weekly payroll. The Tom
Thumb Corporation uses the perpetual cost accumulation system. To prepare the entry,
assume that no employee would be on vacation.
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