Exam 10: Current Liabilities and Payroll

On July 8, Alton Co. issued an $80,000, 6%, 120-day note payable to Seller Co. Assume that the fiscal year of Alton Co. ends July 31. Using the 360-day year in your calculations, what is the amount of interest expense recognized by Alton in the current fiscal year?

Power Company sells merchandise with a one year warranty. In 2012, sales consisted of 1,600 units. It is estimated that warranty repairs will average $10 per unit sold, and 30% of the repairs will be made in 2012 and 70% in 2013. In the 2012 income statement, Power should show warranty expense of

Martin Services Company provides their employees vacation benefits and a defined contribution pension plan. Employees earned vacation pay of $39,500 for the period. The pension plan requires a contribution to the plan administrator equal to 9% of employee salaries. Salaries were $750,000 during the period. Provide the journal entry for (a.) the vacation pay and (b.) the pension benefit.

Journalize the following, assuming a 360-day year is used for interest calculations:

Assuming a 360-day year, when a $40,000, 90-day, 9% interest-bearing note payable matures, total payment will amount to:

Payroll taxes only include social security taxes and federal unemployment and state unemployment taxes.

FICA tax becomes a liability to the federal government at the time an employee's payroll is prepared.

According to a summary of the payroll of Scotland Company, $450,000 was subject to the 7.0% social security tax and $500,000 was subject to the 1.5% Medicare tax. Federal income tax withheld was $98,000. Also, $15,000 was subject to state (4.2%) and federal (0.8%) unemployment taxes. The journal entry to record accrued payroll taxes would include:

The employee earnings record would contain which column that the payroll register would probably not contain?

Assuming a 360-day year, when a $30,000, 90-day, 5% interest-bearing note payable matures, total payment will amount to:

Form W-4 is a form authorizing employers to withhold a portion of employee earnings for payment of an employee's federal income taxes.

The current assets and current liabilities for Kolbie Company and Newton Company are shown as follows at the end of 2012. *These represent prepaid expenses and other non-quick current assets. Required: (1) Determine the quick ratio for both companies. Round to two decimal places. (2) Interpret the quick ratio difference between the two companies.

An employee receives an hourly rate of $30, with time and a half for all hours worked in excess of 40 during a week. Payroll data for the current week are as follows: hours worked, 48; federal income tax withheld, $300; cumulative earnings for year prior to current week, $90,700; social security tax rate, 6.0% on maximum of $100,000; and Medicare tax rate, 1.5% on all earnings. What is the net amount to be paid to the employee?

Federal unemployment compensation taxes that are collected by the federal government are not paid directly to the unemployed but are allocated among the states for use in state programs.

One of the more popular defined contribution plans is the 401k plan.

Federal income taxes withheld increase the employer's payroll tax expense.

Quick assets include

Employers are required to compute and report payroll taxes on a calendar-year basis, even if a different fiscal year is used for financial reporting and income tax purposes.

Notes payable may be issued to creditors to satisfy accounts payable created earlier.

An employee receives an hourly rate of $15, with time and a half for all hours worked in excess of 40 during the week. Payroll data for the current week are as follows: hours worked, 46; federal income tax withheld, $110; cumulative earnings for the year prior to this week, $24,500; Social security tax rate, 6% on maximum of $100,000; and Medicare tax rate, 1.5% on all earnings; state unemployment compensation tax, 3.4% on the first $7,000; federal unemployment compensation tax, .8% on the first $7,000. What is the net amount to be paid to the employee?