Fiscal Year End - Accounts Payable - Payroll

Hi, 

I am working on our fiscal year end.  

I went to do the transaction in my GJ "To Correct Payroll A/P with Expense for Year End"

According to my calculations it looks like this:

                                     Dr.                        Cr.

2180 EI Payable         1,624.32

2185 CPP Payable    3,217.44

2190 Fed Income Tax Payable   4,712.40

5450 Government Payroll Deductions                        9,304.54

5740  Misc Exp.                                                                   249.62

In the past 2 years when I have created this transaction the misc exp was in the Debit side, and was no more than $12.

My Payroll account totals are:

2180 EI p/a   1,624.34

2185 CPP p/a   3,217.44

2190 Income Tax p/a   4,712.40

5420 EI Exp     947.52

5430 CPP Exp   1,608.72

5450 Gov't Payroll Ded     9,304.54

Is there something I am doing wrong?

Thank you!

  • 0

    Hi,

    I couldn't tell without looking at the accountants' entire trial balance and all the year end entries.

    5740 misc expense is a mix of numbers, of which you have only the EI and CPP expenses. 

    But your accountant has that, so she / he would know.   And the accountant should be clear on whether this is a 'presentation' entry, a correction, or a reversing entry.  

    You don't want to have the amount posted against the G/L accounts in the previous year to cause you to fail to remit in the current year. 

    I hope that helps, please post back.

  • 0 in reply to RandyW
    Hi. I am preparing the books before sending them to my accountant.
    But, I figured out my problem! It had nothing to do with my accounts, it was a missed payment.

    Thanks for your help!
  • 0 in reply to mirasong
    Bank reconciliations for the fiscal periods after year end should catch unrecorded payments and remittances.

    Where the first and / or last remittance payment is in a future fiscal period, the accountant may 'move' the record of the liability back out of Accounts Payable. Often this is just a 'presentation' entry, and you aren't expected to record it.