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  • Apr 23, 2009, 03:55 PM
    adjthami
    Wages expense
    The month's total wages paid June amounted to $7,390. The employees worked twenty-one days but were paid for only twenty days because for the day worked is the next pay period. How do I come up with the correct amount? Which is 369.50
  • Apr 24, 2009, 09:42 AM
    pready

    You will do an adjusting entry for the one day.
    The journal entry to record this is:
    Debit Wage Expense for the amount
    Credit Wages Payable for the amount

    When you pay the wages in the next period you will:
    Debit Wages Expense for the amount of wages during the period
    Debit Wages Payable for the amount in the account
    Credit Cash for the total amount.
  • Apr 24, 2009, 10:20 PM
    morgaine300

    The 7390 that was paid covered 20 days, so you just divide by 20 to get one day's worth.

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