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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.
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
Wages Payable Payable accounts holds amount owned but not yet paid.
fees earned-950,000 office expense -222,000 miscellaneous expense-16,000 wage expense-478,000
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Wage expense
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.
Yes any payable is liability of business in this way wages payable is also 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
Wages Payable Payable accounts holds amount owned but not yet paid.
wage inward is a direct expense shown in Trading Account whereas wage outward is an indirect nature of expense debited to Profit & loss account.
fees earned-950,000 office expense -222,000 miscellaneous expense-16,000 wage expense-478,000
The implementation of a minimum wage also helps increase equity in the economy. Low-wage workers not only receive equal compensation at the minimum wage, but the minimum standard of living for the employed is raised, which helps to reduce the national income gap.
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Accounts found on an Income Statement are : Cost of Sales, Sales Rev., Selling Expense and Wage Expense
The Employment Equity Act requires that employers remove barriers to employment that disadvantage certain groups of society. As far as support of minimum wage laws. the act ensures all are paid fair wages.