Accounting For Labor
Accounting For Labor
Accounting For Labor
________ 1. In ideal circumstances, each payroll check is delivered personally to the employee who signs a receipt for it.
________ 2. The amount of income taxes withheld from employee gross pay is an expense to the employer.
________ 3. An entry is made debiting Accrued Payroll and crediting Cash when payroll checks drawn against a payroll checking
account are issued.
________ 4. To better provide for a good division of labor, one individual should be in charge of time keeping and payroll record
keeping and distribution of function.
________ 5. To avoid congestion at the time clock, it is desirable that one employee punch in or out for several other employees.
________ 6. Remuneration for manual labor, both skilled and unskilled, is commonly referred to as salaries.
________ 7. Total factory labor cost is composed of direct labor and indirect labor.
________ 8. Direct labor cost is recorded by a debit to WIP account.
________ 9. Payroll deductions are based on the gross earnings of the employee (regular earnings plus overtime pay).
________ 10. The amount debited to the WIP account represents the total amount of direct labor (at regular rate) charged to the
different jobs in process.