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Is Wages payable a liability

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Yes any payable is liability of business in this way wages payable is also liability.

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What liability account would hold the balance of wages due but not yet paid Wage Expense Prepaid Wages or Wages Payable?

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What is the purpose of doing the calculation Beginning salaries and wages payable PLUS Salaries and wages expense MINUS cash payments to employees EQUALS Ending salaries and wages payable?

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Is wages current liabilitys or non current liabilitys?

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How are a schedule of accounts payable prepared?

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What type of account is bills payable account?

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Is wage a liability?

Yes any payable is liability of business in this way wages payable is also liability.


What liability account would hold the balance of wages due but not yet paid Wage Expense Prepaid Wages or Wages Payable?

Wages Payable Payable accounts holds amount owned but not yet paid.


What is the purpose of doing the calculation Beginning salaries and wages payable PLUS Salaries and wages expense MINUS cash payments to employees EQUALS Ending salaries and wages payable?

The main purpose of this calculation is to find the salary and wages payable liability to show in the liability side of the balance sheet.


What is a liability account?

Liability Accounts record obligations of a business towards its creditors. Examples of liability accounts are Accounts Payable, Interest Payable, Wages Payable. These accounts appear on the balance sheet.


Is wages current liabilitys or non current liabilitys?

If wages already paid then it is current expense, if wages are payable within current fiscal year then it is current liabilities, if wages are payable in morethan one fiscal year that the amount payable in current fiscal year is current liability and the remaining amount will be treated as long term liability.


Which liability account would hold the balance of wages due but not yet paid?

Wages payable account is shown under liability section for those wages which are due but not yet paid


How are a schedule of accounts payable prepared?

An accounts payable is a "Liability" account. Payable being the "key" word, meaning something you have to "Pay" or "Owe". ALL payable accounts are liabilities no matter what they are for. Whether it is a bill payable, mortgage payable, note payable, wages payable, etc, they are all listed as a liability. Rahul


What type of account is bills payable account?

ALL payable accounts are liabilities no matter what they are for. Whether it is a bill payable, mortgage payable, note payable, wages payable, etc, they are all listed as a liability. This is because a "payable" is something you (your company) owes but has not paid yet. For a bill such as Phone, once the obligation is met it is no longer a liability but an expense.


Is notes payable an asset or a liability?

Accounts Payable and Notes Payable are liabilities. Accounts receivable - assets All "payable" accounts are "liabilities". This is because a liability is something the company OWES, a payable is the very same thing, hence the term "payable". Though some payable accounts change from being a payable to an expense, they are still liabilities as long as they are "payable", these include: Interest Payable (liability until paid, then reverts to Interest Expense) Salary or Wages Payable(liability until paid, then reverts to salary or wage expense) Payable accounts maintain a "credit" balance, meaning they increase with a Credit and Decrease with a debit. Now the quick answer: Payable = Liability Receivable = Asset


Where does 'wages payable' go on the income statement?

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Is salaries payable a liability?

Salaries payable is liability payable in future time period.


Are wage expense considered a current liability?

Generally NO, wages are an expense. The only exception to the rule is if a company has "wages payable" which is wages that they owe but have not yet paid, "wages payable" is a liability until they are paid. Once paid, the account is closed into wage expense and is listed under the asset column of the Trial Balance sheet, until the end of the accounting cycle when expense accounts are closed out for the year end.