Employees of the City of Orleans Earn Ten Days Paid

Employees of the City of Orleans earn ten days paid leave for each 12 months of employment. The city has a policy that employees must take their vacation days during the year following the year in which they are earned. If they do not take vacation in the allotted period, they forfeit the vacation pay benefit. Traditionally, employees have taken 80 percent of the vacation days earned. During the current year, city employees earned $600,000 in vacation pay. Assuming the city maintains its books and records in a manner to facilitate the preparation of fund financial statements, which of the following entries should be made in the general fund to record the vacation pay earned during the current period?

A) Debit Expenditures $600,000; credit Vacation pay payable $600,000.
B) Debit Expenses $600,000; credit Vacation pay payable $600,000.
C) Debit Expenditures $480,000; credit Vacation pay payable $480,000.
D) No entry required.