Salaries Are $5,000 Per Week for Five Working Days and Are

question 191

Multiple Choice

Salaries are $5,000 per week for five working days and are paid weekly at the end of the day on Fridays. The end of the month falls on a Thursday. The accountant for Sunset, Inc. made the appropriate accrual adjustment and posted it to the ledger. The balance of Salaries Payable, as shown on the adjusted trial balance, will be a ________. (Assume that there was no beginning balance in the Salaries Payable account.)

• A) credit balance of $4,000
• B) debit balance of $1,000
• C) debit balance of $4,000
• D) credit balance of $1,000

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Definitions:

Interest Expense

Interest expense is a cost incurred by an entity for borrowed funds, reflected on the income statement.

Effective-Interest Method

A method of calculating the interest expense on a bond that factors in the bond's book value and yield to maturity.

Discounted Bond Issue

The sale of bonds for less than their face value, typically to compensate investors for taking on additional risk or for interest rates being higher than the bond's coupon rate.

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a set of accounting standards and procedures used in the compilation of financial statements in the U.S.