Managerial accounting differs from financial accounting in that managerial accounting a. is required by generally accepted accounting principles (gaap). b. emphasizes data relevance over data objectivity. c. tends to report on the company as a whole rather than segments of the company. d. is used primarily by external decision makers.

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.