Question

Alpha ended 2019 with a balance of $20 million in their salaries payable account. If their salary expense in 2019 was $90 million, what was their ending balance for salaries payable on December 31, 2018

Answer 1

Based on the ending balance on salaries payable in 2019, and the salaries expense, the salaries payable at December 2018 must have been $30 MILLION.

What was the Salaries payable balance?

This can be found by the formula:

= Ending salaries in 2019 - Salaries expense in 2019 + Salaries paid in 2019

Solving gives:

= 20 million  - 90 million  + 100 million

= $30 million

In conclusion, the ending salaries payable in 2018  was $30 million.

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