On Friday of each week, Prawn Company pays its factory personnel weekly wages amounting to $55,000 for a five-day work week. Required:
a. Prepare the necessary adjusting entry at year end, assuming December 31 falls on Wednesday.
b. Prepare the journal entry for payment of the week’s wages on the payday which is Friday, January 2 of the next year.

Answer and Explanation:

The journal entry is shown below:

a.

Wages Expense $33,000 ($55,000 ÷ 5 days ×3days)

            To Wages Payable $33,000

(being wages expense is recorded)

Here wages expense is debited as it increased the assets and credited the wages payable as it also increased the liabilities

b. Wages Expenses $22000

Wages Payable $33000

      To Bank $55,000

(Being payment is recorded)

Here wages expense is debited as it increased the assets, the wages payable is also debited as it decreased the liabilities and credited the bank as it decreased the assets