AC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Promissory Note

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Accrued Expenses
An adjusting entry to accrue expenses is necessary when there are unrecorded
expenses and liabilities that apply to a given accounting period. These expenses may
include wages for work performed in the current accounting period but not paid until the
following accounting period and also the accumulation of interest on notes payable and
other debts.
Suppose a company owes its employees $2,000 in unpaid wages at the end of an
accounting period. The company makes an adjusting entry to accrue the expense by
increasing (debiting) wages expense for $2,000 and by increasing (crediting) wages
payable for $2,000.
If a longterm note payable of $10,000 carries an annual interest rate of 12%, then
$1,200 in interest expense accrues each year. At the close of each month, therefore,
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