Question

Schweigert Paint Company, which prepares annual financial statements, is preparing adjusting entries on December 31. Analysis indicates the following:
(1.) The company is the defendant in an employee discrimination lawsuit involving $50,000 of damages. Legal counsel believes it is unlikely that the company will have to pay any damages.
(2.) December 31st is a Friday. The employees of the company have been paid on Monday, December 27th for the previous week which ended on Friday, December 24th. The company employs 30 people who earn $100 per day and 15 people who earn $160 per day. All employees work 5-day weeks.
(3.) The company is a defendant in a $500,000 product liability lawsuit. Legal counsel believes the company probably will have to pay the amount requested.
Prepare any adjusting entries necessary at the end of the year.

Answer 1

The Adjusting Journal Entries that Schweigert Paint Company will make in its records include the following:

Adjusting Journal Entries on December 31:

1. No Journal Entry Required

2. Debit Wages Expense $27,000

Credit Wages Payable $27,000

• To accrue unpaid wages for one week to December 31.

3. Debit Product Liability Expenses $500,000

Credit Product Liability Payable $500,000

• To record the product liability expense.

Data Analysis:

1. No Journal Entry Required

2. Wages Expense $27,000 Wages Payable $27,000.  ($100 x 30 x 5) + ($160 x 15 x 5)

3. Product Liability Expenses $500,000 Product Liability Payable $500,000

Thus, the adjusting entries as of December 31 do not include transaction 1.

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