Bush Enterprises International BEI hires 10,000 employees. Each employee earns twenty days of paid vacation per calendar year. Up to five days of this may be carried forward and taken in the following vear but cannot be carried forward any further. Employees are not paid for any vacations they do not take. As at December 31, 2022, 9,130 employees had used their full vacation entitlement for 2022. The remaining employees are carrying forward an average of 3 days each and they are all expected to use these vacation days. Half of the employee group earn $300 per day and the other half work 8 hour days and earn $15 per hour and this is representative of those who still have leftover vacation earned. What amount of liability for accrued vacation pay should appear in the company's balance sheet at December 31, 2022 ?   a. $548,100 b. $783.000 c. $913,500 d. $313,200 e. None of the above

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Bush Enterprises International BEI hires 10,000 employees. Each employee earns twenty days of paid vacation per calendar year. Up to five days of this may be carried forward and taken in the following vear but cannot be carried forward any further. Employees are not paid for any vacations they do not take. As at December 31, 2022, 9,130 employees had used their full vacation entitlement for 2022. The remaining employees are carrying forward an average of 3 days each and they are all expected to use these vacation days. Half of the employee group earn $300 per day and the other half work 8 hour days and earn $15 per hour and this is representative of those who still have leftover vacation earned. What amount of liability for accrued vacation pay should appear in the company's balance sheet at December 31, 2022 ?

 

a. $548,100

b. $783.000

c. $913,500

d. $313,200

e. None of the above

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