An Employer Has an Employee Benefit Package That Includes Employer-Paid

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Essay

An employer has an employee benefit package that includes employer-paid health insurance and an employer-paid retirement program.During March,the employer paid $5,500 for health insurance,and contributed to the employee retirement program 10% of the employees' $120,000 gross salaries.Prepare the journal entry to record these employee benefits.

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Definitions:

Scrap

Discarded waste material, especially metal suitable for reprocessing or remnants from manufacturing processes.

Welfare Losses

Economic inefficiencies that occur when there is a divergence from optimal supply and demand conditions, leading to a net loss in social welfare.

MSC

Marginal Social Cost; the total cost to society of producing an additional unit of a good, including both private costs and any external costs.

MEC Curve

A graphical representation showing the marginal external costs associated with the production of additional units of a good.