Accounting for 401k Employer Match & Profit Sharing

ollllllloolllllllo Member Posts: 7

We have a S Corp with a single employee.
For Employee 401K Contribution - A "Deduct from Pay" for 401k contribution was added under Benefits and Deductions. The employee contribution for 401k is shown in Payroll (done by wave). Then when the actual transaction to take out the 401k employee contribution comes in, it is categorized as payroll liabilities.

Question 1
For Employer 401k Match - Funds were moved from business account to 401k account as a one time match for 25% of salary. How to categorize this transaction correctly? what is the correct way to account for this?

Question 2
The employee will also get a profit sharing by end of year. what is the correct way to account for this?

Comments

  • MikegMikeg Member Posts: 995 ✭✭✭

    @olllllllo,
    Since they are both employer expenses and not presented on a W-2, you would categorize the payment to the benefits provider (whoever manages the 401k) as Employer Share of Benefits.

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