Income statement & balance sheet.
Taxes are payable on income less expenses
dr. income tax expense cr. income tax payable
Income = expense + savings&investments Income = expense + savings&investments
Gross earnings are recorded as Salaries Expense. It encompasses the employees net pay and all withholdings (income tax, FICA). If the employee is to be paid at the time the entry is made, you would credit cash for the amount of the net pay. If the employee is to be paid at a later date (probably within the current year or operating cycle), then you would instead credit Salaries Payable. When the employee is finally paid, you would debit salaries payable and then credit cash.
Gross earnings are recorded as Salaries Expense. It encompasses the employees net pay and all withholdings (income tax, FICA). If the employee is to be paid at the time the entry is made, you would credit cash for the amount of the net pay. If the employee is to be paid at a later date (probably within the current year or operating cycle), then you would instead credit Salaries Payable. When the employee is finally paid, you would debit salaries payable and then credit cash.
Taxes are payable on income less expenses
a credit to deferred income taxes payable
Accrued income tax (Income Tax Payable) is a current liability. When the tax is actually paid it is reported on the income statement as Income Tax Expense.
Net Income
dr. income tax expense cr. income tax payable
Income = expense + savings&investments Income = expense + savings&investments
Debit: Income tax expense Credit: Income tax payable
Provision for income tax refers to the line item in the profit and loss statement. Income tax is a broad term and could mean current taxes (taxes actually payable to Government), Tax expenses/provision for tax- taxes reported in the P&L or deferred taxes (difference between current taxes and tax expense).
If you are doing adjusting entries, an accrued expense will affect a balance sheet account (payable) and an income statement account (expense). Such as accrued interest at the end of year would be: Interest Expense (Debit) Interest Payable (Credit)
Dividend payable are from current year's net income portion it is liability of business as soon as dividend declared.
Gross earnings are recorded as Salaries Expense. It encompasses the employees net pay and all withholdings (income tax, FICA). If the employee is to be paid at the time the entry is made, you would credit cash for the amount of the net pay. If the employee is to be paid at a later date (probably within the current year or operating cycle), then you would instead credit Salaries Payable. When the employee is finally paid, you would debit salaries payable and then credit cash.
Gross earnings are recorded as Salaries Expense. It encompasses the employees net pay and all withholdings (income tax, FICA). If the employee is to be paid at the time the entry is made, you would credit cash for the amount of the net pay. If the employee is to be paid at a later date (probably within the current year or operating cycle), then you would instead credit Salaries Payable. When the employee is finally paid, you would debit salaries payable and then credit cash.