Melville Services has a weekly payroll of $50,000. December

Melville Services has a weekly payroll of $50,000. December 31, 2016 falls on Thursday and Melville will pay its employees the following Monday (January 4, 2017 ) for the previous full week

Assume that Melville has a five-day workweek and has an unadjusted balance in Salaries Expense of $845,000. Prepare the January 4, 2017 journal entry. Reversing entries are not made.
What will be an ideal response

ANSWER

Salaries Expense 10,000
Salaries Payable 40,000
Cash 50,000