Chapter 10, Problem 3CP

Recording and Reporting Current Liabilities

Riverside Company completed the following two transactions. The annual accounting period ends December 31.

1. a. On December 31, calculated the payroll, which indicates gross earnings for wages ($130,000), payroll deductions for income tax ($13,000), payroll deductions for FICA ($10,000), payroll deductions for United Way ($2,000), employer contributions for FICA (matching), and state and federal unemployment taxes ($1,300). Employees were paid in cash, but these payments and the corresponding payroll deductions and employer taxes have not yet been recorded.
2. b. Collected rent revenue of $3,600 on December 10 for office space that Riverside rented to another business. The rent collected was for 30 days from December 11 to January 10 and was credited in full to Unearned Rent Revenue.

Required:

1. 1. Give the journal entries to record payroll on December 31.
2. 2. Give (a) the journal entry for the collection of rent on December 10 and (b) the adjusting journal entry on December 31.

   TIP: Notice that the revenue recorded on December 10 includes revenue for 10 days (out of 30) that isn’t earned until after December 31.

3. 3. Show how any liabilities related to these items should be reported on the company’s balance sheet at December 31.