ACC 205 Week Four Exercise Assignment Ashford University… 1. Payroll accounting

Week Four Exercise Assignment
Liability

1. Payroll accounting. Assume that the following tax
rates and payroll information pertain to Brookhaven Publishing:
·
Social Security taxes: 6% on the first $55,000
earned per employee
·
Medicare taxes: 1.5% on the first $130,000
earned per employee
·
Federal income taxes withheld from wages: $7,500

·
State income taxes: 5% of gross earnings
·
Insurance withholdings: 1% of gross earnings
·
State unemployment taxes: 5.4% on the first
$7,000 earned per employee
·
Federal unemployment taxes: 0.8% on the first
$7,000 earned per employee

The company incurred a salary expense of $50,000 during
February. All employees had earned less than $5,000 by month-end.
a. Prepare the necessary entry to
record Brookhaven’s February payroll. The entry will include deductions for the
following:
·
Social Security taxes
·
Medicare taxes
·
Federal income taxes withheld
·
State income taxes
·
Insurance withholdings

b. Prepare the journal entry to
record Brookhaven’s payroll tax expense. The entry will include the following:
·
Matching Social Security taxes
·
Matching Medicare taxes
·
State unemployment taxes
·
Federal unemployment taxes

2. Current
liabilities: entries and disclosure.A review of selected financial
activities of Visconti’s during 20XX disclosed the following:

12/1

Borrowed $20,000 from the First City Bank by signing a 3-
month, 15% note payable. Interest and principal are due at maturity.

12/10

Established a warranty liability for the XY-80, a new
product. Sales are expected to total 1,000 units during the month. Past
experience with similar products indicates that 2% of the units will require
repair, with warranty costs averaging $27 per unit (parts only).

12/22

Purchased $16,000 of merchandise on account from Oregon
Company, terms 2/10, n/30.

12/26

Borrowed $5,000 from First City Bank; signed a 15% note
payable due in 60 days. (Assume 360 days for daily interest calculation)

12/31

Repaired six XY-80s during the month at a total cost of
$162.

12/31

Accrued 3 days of salaries at a total cost of $1,400.

Instructions
a. Prepare journal entries to
record the transactions.
b. Prepare adjusting entries on
December 31 to record accrued interest for each of the notes payable.

3.Notes
payable. Red Bank Enterprises was involved in
the following transactions during the fiscal year ending October 31:

8/2:

Borrowed $75,000 from the Bank of
Kingsville by signing a 120-day, 12% note.

8/20:

Issued a $40,000 note to Harris
Motors for the purchase of a $40,000 de­livery truck. The note is due in 180
days and carries a 12% interest rate.

9/10:

Purchased inventory from Pans
Enterprises in the amount of $15,000. Issued a 30-day, 12% note in settlement
of the balance owed.

9/11:

Issued a $60,000 note to Datatex
Equipment in settlement of an overdue account payable of the same amount. The
note is due in 30 days and car­ries a 14% interest rate.

10/10:

The note to Pans Enterprises was
paid in full.

10/11: The note to Datatex Equipment was paid
in full.
11/30: Paid note to Bank of Kingsville

Instructions
a. Prepare journal entries to
record the transactions.
b. Prepare adjusting entries on
December 31 to record accrued interest (daily interest is calculated utilizing
the 360 day method).
c. Prepare the Current
Liability section of Red Bank’s balance sheet as of December 31. Assume that
the Accounts Payable account totals $203,600 on this date.