Question

Molly Mocha employs one college student every summer in her coffee shop. The student works the five weekdays and is paid on the following Monday. (For example, a student who works Monday through Friday, June 1 through June 5, is paid for that work on Monday, June 8.) The coffee shop adjusts its books monthly, if needed, to show salaries earned but unpaid at month-end. The student works the last week of July, which is Monday, July 28, through Friday, August 1. If the student earns $120 per day, what adjusting entry must the coffee shop make on July 31 to correctly record accrued salaries expense for July

Answer 1

Answer:

The adjusting entry on 31st July will be;

Salaries Expense (Dr.) $480

Salaries Payable  (Cr.) $480

Explanation:

Molly Mocha hires one student who works for 5 days and is paid on Monday. The student who has started working on 28th July Monday then he has worked till 1st August Friday. The adjusting entry need to be made on Thursday 31st July. The student is paid $120 per day so for 4 days of working it will be $120 * 4 days till 31st July. Since Molly Mocha pays salaries on following Monday it should record salaries expense as debit and salaries payable as credit in its accounts.