Myaccountinglab With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For Horngren's Accounting, The Managerial Chapters
Myaccountinglab With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For Horngren's Accounting, The Managerial Chapters
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ISBN: 9780134490663
Author: MILLER-NOBLES, Tracie L., Mattison, Brenda L., Matsumura, Ella Mae
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem S3.10SE

Journalizing and posting an adjusting entry for accrued salaries expense

    Learning Objective 3

Birch Park Senior Center has a weekly payroll of $12,500. December 31 falls on Wednesday, and Birch Park Senior Center will pay its employees the following Monday (January 5) for the previous full week. Assume Birch Park Senior Center has a five-day workweek and has an unadjusted balance in Salaries Expense of $620,000.

Requirements

  1. Record the adjusting entry for accrued salaries on December 31.
  2. Post the adjusting entry to the accounts involved, and show their balances after adjustments.
  3. Record the journal entry for payment of salaries made on January 5.

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Myaccountinglab With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For Horngren's Accounting, The Managerial Chapters

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