Laurin Corporation offers parental benefits to its staff as a top-up on EI benefits so that employees
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Laurin Corporation offers parental benefits to its staff as a top-up on EI benefits so that employees end up receiving 100% of their salary for a maximum of 12 months of parental leave. Ruzbeh Awad, who earns $74,000 per year, announced that he will be taking parental leave for a period of 17 weeks starting on December 1, 2020. Assume that the Employment Insurance program pays him a maximum of $720 per week for the 17 weeks.
Prepare all entries that Laurin Corporation must make during its 2020 fiscal year related to the parental benefits plan as it applies to Ruzbeh Awad. For the payment entry, ignore withholding taxes, CPP, and EI, and round amounts to the nearest cent.
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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2
ISBN: 9781119497042
12th Canadian Edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield, Irene M. Wiecek, Bruce J. McConomy