Question

For each separate case below, follow the 3-step process for adjusting the accrued expense account: Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record an adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year.

a. Salaries Payable. At year-end, salaries expense of $18,500 has been incurred by the company, but is not yet paid to employees. Interest Payable. At its December 31 year-end, the company owes $400 of interest on a line-of-credit loan. That interest will not be paid until sometime in January of the next year.
b. Interest Payable. At its December 31 year-end, the company holds a mortgage payable that has incurred $1,025 in annual interest that is neither recorded nor paid. The company intends to pay the interest on January 7 of the next year.
c. Interest Payable. At its December 31 year-end, the company holds a mortgage payable that has incurred $875 in annual interest that is neither recorded nor paid. The company intends to pay the interest on January 7 of the next year.

Answer 1

a. Salaries Expense (Dr.) $18,500

Salaries Payable (Cr.) $18,500

b. Interest Expense (Dr.) $85

Interest Payable (Cr.) $85

c. Interest Expense (Dr.) $75

Interest Payable (Cr.) $75

Step-by-step explanation:

The adjusting entries are made at the month or year end to adjust the transactions that were recorded. The adjustment is usually made for the transaction whose impact is changed at the month end. For the given case the interest amount recorded was for the annual but for monthly recording the interest expense will be divided by 12.