What is the journal entry if the company paid the credit card of the employee?

Answer 1

It depends on the nature of the payment. If the expenses on the credit card were business expenses (for example, the employee purchased office supplies for the company), and the company made a payment to the credit card as reimbursement for those expenses, the entry would be a debit to the appropriate expense account(s) and a credit to cash. If the payment to the credit card was a loan to the employee and he/she was required to reimburse the company at a later date, the entry would be a debit to Accounts Receiveable and a credit to cash. If the payment to the credit card was not for business expenses and did not need to be repaid by the employee, then it becomes compensation to the employee as a bonus. This entry is more complicated because you should account for the payroll taxes that are incurred. For example, if the payment to the credit card company was $100 - this amount would be equivalent to the net pay check - so the actual bonus would be higher. If the employer was required to withhold 7% payroll tax and there was also a 7% employer paid tax, the $100 is equal to 93% of the bonus. So the gross bonus is $107.53, with $7.53 withheld (107.53 x 7%). The employers share of the taxes is also $7.53. So, the entry becomes a debit to Bonus Expense of $107.53, a debit to Payroll Tax Expense of $7.53, a credit to Payroll Taxes Payable of $15.06 and a credit to Cash of $100.