Answer: Increase in Liabilities; Decrease in Equity
Step-by-step explanation:
If Salaries are accrued at year end, the salary expense will be credited to the Salaries Payable account which is a liability account to reflect that the company owes its staff some money.
The amount owed will be debited to the salaries expense account and so will reflect in the Income statement where it will reduce the net income for the period. This means that it will reduce Retained Earnings for the period and as Retained earnings is an Equity account, Equity in total will decrease.