Flagg records adjusting entries at its December 31 year-end. At December 31, employees had earned $12,000 of unpaid and unrecorded salaries. The next payday is January 3, at which time $30,000 will be paid. Prepare the journal entry on January 3 to record payment assuming the adjusting and reversing entries were made on December 31 and January 1.

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Alexandra Hardy

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12 January, 10:26

Flagg records adjusting entries at its December 31 year-end. At December 31, employees had earned $12,000 of unpaid and unrecorded salaries. The next payday is January 3, at which time $30,000 will be paid. Prepare the journal entry on January 3 to record payment assuming the adjusting and reversing entries were made on December 31 and January 1.

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Tomas Morrow · Answer 1

The journal entry for the following is shown below:

Explanation:

The journal entry for the salary which is paid on January 3 is as:

January 3

Salaries expense A/c ... Dr $30,000

Cash A/c ... Cr $30,000

As the salary is paid worth $30,000, so the salary expense is decreasing and any decrease in expense is debited. Therefore, the salary expense account is debited. And it paid against the cash and the cash is going out of the business and any decrease in cash will be credited. Therefore, the cash account is credited.