Accrued Payroll

Hi,

This may more accounting question though if someone help me, please

I'm doing payroll and also enter accrued payroll.

Under Journal Transactions I enter all debit and credit amount then clicked reverse in next period.

Payroll was 2/19-2/25 and payday was 3/3/2017

If so, do I need to enter Period in Feb and automatically reverse in next period as March, right?

My boss said this is wrong.  He was checking monthly report then it won't show his GL.

I've never done accrued payroll and I'm still learning.  especially changed month, make me a little confuse.

If someone answer my question, I'm really appreciated.

Thank you

If you open only Jan, you do not see any reversed but if you open Jan - Feb then you will see reversed entry.
My boss said he should see reversed entry also in Jan?

  • 0
    This doesn't look like this is Sage 100 from the printouts? Maybe Sage 100 contractor?

    In any event, totally an accounting answer, not a product specific answer for you. This assume that the software is not automatically doing an accrual entry for you.

    Let's say that you are doing payroll for period ending 1/31, but is being paid on 2/5.

    Normally you would run your payroll for 2/5 and it will post on that date. An entry (highly simplified) might be made as follows:

    2/5 Wages Expense $500
    Checking $(500)

    However, you want the expense to be in January, so you make a journal entry to accrue the wages to January.

    1/31 Wages Expense $500
    Accrued Wages $(500)


    Then in February, you reverse the last entry so as not to have a double up of the wage expense.
    2/1 Accrued Wages $500
    Wages Expense $(500)

    If you are using Sage 100, it can be set up to do this automatically for you and make your life simpler (the entries are not exactly the same but have the same effect).
  • 0 in reply to TomTarget
    Sorry, the formatting on the debits and credits above didn't come out right but I think you can figure it out from the positives and negatives.
  • 0 in reply to TomTarget
    Thank you Tom always.
    I was working on Sage 100 before but now I have Sage 100 Contractor. Can I still set up to do automatically?
    Thank you!
  • 0 in reply to lynnalynna
    Did you have the correct posting period set?

    In your example for the 3/3/17 payroll, you need to enter the journal transaction with a date of 2/28/17 and posting period "2". (Assuming your posting periods match up with the calendar month numbers.) Be sure to check the "reverse in next period" box.

    This will automatically enter 2 journal entries for you. One entry will be posted to February, and the reversing entry posted to March.
  • 0 in reply to Richie
    Thank you. I had wrong posting period too.
    Thanks again.