Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.5E
(a)
To determine
Salaries and wages payable
Salaries and wages payable is a payment made to an employee for completion of work allocated by the company. Gross pay is computed by using normal hours worked by the employee with hourly wages rate.
Payroll tax
The costs incurred by an employer to pay the employee for his labor, including other employee benefits, plus the payroll taxes the employer pays to the government, are called payroll tax.
To prepare: The
(b)
To determine
To prepare: The journal entry to record the payroll taxes for Company M as on 31st March.
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