Question

If commission is being paid out to an employee and the company withholds income taxes on the amount of the commission paid, what would the company's Journal entires be given the following:

House was sold on Oct 15th, employee is being paid $3,000 in commission in November.

House Net Purchase price is 5,000,000 and there is a 2% brokerage fee (not being paid to employee).

The income tax withholding is 22%

Answer 1

Date	Particulars	Debit ($)	Credit ($)
	Commission expense	3000
	Cash		2340
	Income taxes withheld		660
	(To record commission paid to employees)
	House	5000,000
	Brokerage at 2%	100,000
	Cash		5100,000
	(To record purchase of house)

Note that instead of cash, bank can also be entered.