Ellis Service Company Had the Following Unadjusted Balances at December

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Essay

Ellis Service Company had the following unadjusted balances at December 31,2016: Salaries Payable,$0;Salaries Expense,$12,000.The following transactions took place on December 31,2016:
Accrued Salaries Expense,$5,000
Closed the Salaries Expense account.
The following transaction took place on January 4,2017:
Paid salaries of $6,000.This payment included $5,000 that was accrued on December 31,2016 and $1,000 for the first few days in January 2017.
Prepare the journal entry for January 4,2017,assuming that reversing entries were not made.

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Definitions:

Net Realizable Value

Net Realizable Value is the estimated selling price of goods, minus the estimated costs of completion and necessary selling costs, used for inventory valuation and accounts receivable.

Inventory

The merchandise and supplies a company maintains with the end purpose of selling or manufacturing.

Periodic Inventory System

A method of inventory management where inventory levels and cost of goods sold are updated in the accounting records on a periodic basis, such as monthly or annually.

FIFO Cost Method

An inventory valuation method that assumes goods are sold in the order they were acquired, using the costs of the earliest items first.