Financial Accounting
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259307959
Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.8E
Record payroll (LO8–3)
During January, Luxury Cruise Lines incurs employee salaries of $3 million. Withholdings in January are $229,500 for the employee portion of FICA, $450,000 for federal income tax, $187,500 for state income tax, and $30,000 for the employee portion of health insurance (payable to Blue Cross Blue Shield). The company incurs an additional $186,000 for federal and state
Required:
1. Record the employee salary expense, withholdings, and salaries payable.
2. Record the employer-provided
3. Record the employer payroll taxes.
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Required:
1.-3. Record the necessary entries in the Journal Entry Worksheet below. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in dollars, not in millions (i.e. 5 should be entered as 5,000,000).)
1
Record the employee salary expense, withholdings, and salaries payable.
2
Record the employer-provided fringe benefits.
3
Record the employer payroll taxes.
Date
General Journal
Debit
Credit
January 31
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Financial Accounting
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