Gross earnings are recorded as Salaries Expense. It encompasses the employees net pay and all withholdings (income tax, FICA). If the employee is to be paid at the time the entry is made, you would credit cash for the amount of the net pay. If the employee is to be paid at a later date (probably within the current year or operating cycle), then you would instead credit Salaries Payable. When the employee is finally paid, you would debit salaries payable and then credit cash.
Salaries expense -can be paid or unpaid while salaries payable is finally pay the salaries...
Debit Salaries Expense, Credit Salaries Payable.
Salaries payable is a out standing expenses for time being its show as a liability account.
Gross earnings are recorded as Salaries Expense. It encompasses the employees net pay and all withholdings (income tax, FICA). If the employee is to be paid at the time the entry is made, you would credit cash for the amount of the net pay. If the employee is to be paid at a later date (probably within the current year or operating cycle), then you would instead credit Salaries Payable. When the employee is finally paid, you would debit salaries payable and then credit cash.
Income statement & balance sheet.
Salaries expense -can be paid or unpaid while salaries payable is finally pay the salaries...
Debit Salaries Expense, Credit Salaries Payable.
Salaries payable is a out standing expenses for time being its show as a liability account.
Gross earnings are recorded as Salaries Expense. It encompasses the employees net pay and all withholdings (income tax, FICA). If the employee is to be paid at the time the entry is made, you would credit cash for the amount of the net pay. If the employee is to be paid at a later date (probably within the current year or operating cycle), then you would instead credit Salaries Payable. When the employee is finally paid, you would debit salaries payable and then credit cash.
[Debit] Salaries Expense [Credit] Salaries payable (balancing amount) [Credit] Deductions
Tax expense is the expense of current period while tax payable is that amount which Is payable to the tax authorities these two amounts may be same or there may be difference due to less or more payment in previous period or any deferred tax in current period.
Income statement & balance sheet.
The main purpose of this calculation is to find the salary and wages payable liability to show in the liability side of the balance sheet.
Salaries Expense and Account Payable
Salaries payable is liability payable in future time period.
Salaries expense is not a permanent account because it will ultimately be closed to retained earning account at the end of fiscal year and from new year salaries expense account start with nill balance.
salaries payable it is and example of liabilities tittles!