What are the accounting entries for cleaning expenses?

With the improvement of people's living standards, hygiene and cleanliness are paid more and more attention by enterprises. Most enterprises will hire cleaners to do cleaning and keep the company's sanitary environment. What about the accounting entries for cleaning expenses?

Accounting entries for cleaning expenses

1. If it is a property management company, the cleaning expenses incurred are listed as the main business cost of the company, and are directly included when the expenses occur.

Main business cost-property management cost (or health cost)

And other related subjects. The entries are as follows:

Debit: main business cost-property management cost (or health cost)

Loan: wages payable to employees.

Debit: payable to employees.

Loans: bank deposits

2. In order to maintain a clean office environment and a good corporate image, the cleaning expenses incurred by a company that does not take property management as its main business should be regarded as management expenses. The entries are as follows:

Borrow: management fee-cleaning fee

Loans: bank deposits

The main business cost refers to the cost of selling goods, providing services and other business activities. Enterprises generally transfer the cost of selling goods and providing services to the main business cost when confirming the main business income such as selling goods and providing services, or at the end of the month.

Management expenses refer to the expenses incurred by enterprises for organizing and managing production and operation. Including: start-up expenses, company funds, trade union funds, directors' dues, legal fees, business entertainment expenses, property taxes, travel taxes, land use taxes, stamp duties, and technology transfer fees incurred in the operation and management of enterprises or borne by enterprises.

Salary payable to employees refers to various forms of remuneration or compensation given by enterprises in order to obtain services provided by employees or terminate labor relations. Employee compensation includes short-term salary, post-employment benefits, dismissal benefits and other long-term employee benefits.