The required double entry to adjust the accounts for salaries accrued at the end of the accounting period is a debit to the Salaries Expenses Account and a credit to the Salaries Payable Account.
- The Salaries Payable account is a current liability because the firm has not yet paid cash for.
- Debiting the Expense account and crediting the Payable account complete the double entry. This is a recognition of the accrual concept and the matching principle of generally accepted accounting principles.
Thus, the accrual concept and the matching principle require that expenses that have not been paid for be accounted for in the period that they are incurred to match with the revenue that they generated.
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