Use This Information to Answer the Following Question The Entry to Record the Payment of Net Payroll Would

question 137

Multiple Choice

Use this information to answer the following question. The following totals for the month of November were taken from the payroll register of Levine Company:
$\begin{array}{llr} \text {Salaries expense } &\$12,000\\ \text { Social security and Medicare taxes withheld } &550\\ \text { Income taxes withheld} &2,500\\ \text { Medical insurance deductions } &250\\ \text { Life insurance deductions} &200\\ \text { Salaries subiect to federal and state unemployment taxes of 6.2 percent } &4,000\\\end{array}$

The entry to record the payment of net payroll would include a

• A) debit to Salaries Payable for $12,000.
• B) debit to Salaries Payable for $7,950.
• C) debit to Salaries Payable for $8,500.
• D) credit to Cash for $9,050.

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Definitions:

Preferred Shares

A class of ownership in a corporation that has a higher claim on assets and earnings than common shares, often with dividends that are paid out before those of common shares.

Securities Act

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Negligence

A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances, resulting in unintended harm to another party.

Accountant

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