Okay guys, I have a question with perdisco:
Paid sales staff wages of $12,838 for the week up to and including yesterday, Cheque No. 883. Note that $7,429 of this payment relates to the wages expense incurred during the last week of May.
Since noone else seems to have offered an answer (as opposed to a way of getting an answer), here goes:
Dr Wages Payable $7,429
Dr Wages Expense $5,409
Cr Cash $12,838
The above entry is on the assumption that the wages incurred in the previous month of May were already recognised (as an expense) but instead of being paid out of cash, they were raised as a liability to staff. Therefore the balancing item between the two must be the current month's wage expense of $5,409 ($12,838 less $7,429 from the previous month).
The other interpretation is that no expenses have been recognised at all up until this point and hence in that case, you would:
Dr Wages Expense $12,838
Cr Cash $12,838
Anyone else have thoughts on this?
How do I type this out?
I know this goes into the Cash Payments Journal.
So would this be:Cash Payments Journal
4th June | Wages Expense | Debit: | Credit: |
Wages Expense $12 838 | Other accounts $7 429 | Cash at Bank: $12 838 |
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help anyone.
I am so screwed.
I tried to type it out as closely as I could in compared to the question that I have to do for perdisco.
As for how you write it out into the book... I can't quite imagine what the table looks like but really I think it depends on which assumption you make above (i.e. whether or not the $7,429 was previously accrued or not).