Chapter 13: Question 11Q (page 691)
What are compensated absences?
Short Answer
Compensated absencesare paid leaves, sick leaves, vacations, etc.
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Chapter 13: Question 11Q (page 691)
What are compensated absences?
Compensated absencesare paid leaves, sick leaves, vacations, etc.
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(Payroll Tax Entries) The following is a payroll sheet for Otis Import Company for the month of September 2017. The company is allowed a 1% unemployment compensation rate by the state; the federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8% and the maximum for both is \(7,000. Assume a 10% federal income tax rate for all employees and a 7.65% FICA tax on employee and employer on a maximum of \)118,500. In addition, 1.45% is charged both employer and employee for an employee’s wages in excess of \(118,500 per employee.
Name | Earnings to Aug. 31 | September earnings | Income tax Withholdings | FICA | Unemployment tax | |
State | Federal | |||||
B.D. Williams | \)6,800 | $800 | ||||
D. Raye | 6,500 | 700 | ||||
K. Baker | 7,600 | 1,100 | ||||
F. Lopez | 13,600 | 1,900 | ||||
A. Daniels | 107,000 | 13,000 | ||||
B. Kingston | 112,000 | 16,000 |
Instructions
(a) Complete the payroll sheet and make the necessary entry to record the payment of the payroll.
(b) Make the entry to record the payroll tax expenses of Otis Import Company.
(c) Make the entry to record the payment of the payroll liabilities created. Assume that the company pays all payroll liabilities at the end of each month.
What is the nature of a “discount: on notes payable?
Assume the facts in E13-3 except that Matt Broderick Company has chosen not to accrue paid sick leave until used, and has chosen to accrue vacation time at expected future rates of pay without discounting. The company used the following projected rates to accrue vacation time.
Year in Which Vacation Time Was Earned | Projected Future Pay Rates Used to Accrue Vacation Pay |
2016 | \(10.75 |
2017 | \)11.60 |
Instructions
(a) Prepare journal entries to record transactions related to compensated absences during 2016 and 2017.
(b) Compute the amounts of any liability for compensated absences that should be reported on the balance sheet at December 31, 2016, and 2017.
BE13-10 (L03) Scorcese Inc. is involved in a lawsuit at December 31, 2017. (a) Prepare the December 31 entry assuming it is probable that Scorcese will be liable for $900,000 as a result of this suit. (b) Prepare the December 31 entry, if any, assuming it is not probable that Scorcese will be liable for any payment as a result of this suit.
Question: (Free-Standing Derivative) Warren Co. purchased a put option on Echo common shares on January 7, 2017,
for \(360. The put option is for 400 shares, and the strike price is \)85 (which equals the price of an Echo share on the purchase
date). The option expires on July 31, 2017. The following data are available with respect to the put option.
Date Market Price of Echo Shares Time Value of Put Option
March 31, 2017 \(80 per share \)200
June 30, 2017, 82 per share 90
July 6, 2017, 77 per share 25
Instructions
Prepare the journal entries for Warren Co. for the following dates.
(a) January 7, 2017—Investment in a put option on Echo shares.
(b) March 31, 2017—Warren prepares financial statements.
(c) June 30, 2017—Warren prepares financial statements.
(d) July 6, 2017—Warren settles the put option on the Echo shares.
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