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An employee contract ended on 30/09/2026 after eight years with supported settlement wage SAR 18,000.00. The valuation file attributes an obligation of 101,500.00, while the initial legal award is 99,000.00 and other rights raise net settlement to 128,500.00. Prove reason, service and base, then prevent paying ledger balance or charging full settlement to EOSB.
An end-of-service settlement begins with a specific termination event, not the employee's attributed accounting-obligation balance. That balance—often called an EOSB provision operationally—is a collective estimate built over years and may include assumptions and remeasurement; the amount due on exit follows the employment contract, labour law, reason, date, actual wage and service. If the internally attributed balance is SAR 96,000.00, that is not a treasury instruction to pay 96,000.00. Open a termination file with employee, contract, entity, last working day, termination reason and approver, then calculate entitlement from current facts. Only after settlement approval is it compared with the obligation and the usage or difference recorded.
Fix the reason for termination before selecting a formula. Contract expiry, employer termination, resignation, a special statutory case and dismissal for a lawful cause are not interchangeable labels. Reason may affect award entitlement or proportion and other rights such as notice or compensation, so accounting must not select a system dropdown from a manager’s message. Obtain termination document, contract and HR or legal approval, linking description to the current rule or policy. If reason is disputed, do not manufacture accounting certainty. Calculate scenarios, hold the disputed payment and escalate the decision with the effect of each classification.
Calculate service from source dates, understanding periods treated as contract continuation and any periods governed by law or contract. Article 84 grants proportionate award for fractions of a year, so ignoring months and days harms employee or entity. Do not merely subtract two dates where recognised prior service, entity transfer, interruption or successive renewals exist. Build a timeline showing start, connected periods, breaks and end date, and retain the conversion of the fraction to a year. If HR shows seven years four months while the contract shows seven years one month, the variance is not rounding; it is a service fact to resolve before calculation.
Determine settlement wage from the definition of actual wage, contract and relevant provisions, not automatically from basic salary or unanalysed final-month gross. The last wage is Article 84’s basis, and wage may include benefits and allowances according to their nature, while Article 86 permits agreement to exclude all or part of commissions and naturally variable sales percentages within its conditions. List final-wage components and mark included or excluded with a reference. Do not exclude an allowance because it is hard to calculate or include an expense reimbursement because it appeared in payroll. Base decision precedes formula and needs independent review because a SAR 1,000.00 base error repeats across service years.
The treatment starts from these documents. Follow the numbers to identify recognition date, amount, counterparty, reference and approval evidence before preparing the entry.
Facts and supporting evidence
Contract expiry after eight years with settlement wage 18,000.00; full entitlement under Article 84 layers.
Correct treatment and entry
| Account | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| EOSB obligation | 99,000.00 | |
| Employee benefit payable | 99,000.00 | |
| Total (SAR) | 99,000.00 | 99,000.00 |
Treatment and financial effect
45,000.00 for first five years and 54,000.00 for next three.
Reperformance starts from this case's own facts: Contract expiry after eight years with settlement wage 18,000.00; full entitlement under Article 84 layers. Obtain the original source that proves this event. The training drawings Termination fact memo, EOSB settlement sheet explain field shape and reading order; they do not replace the case document or transfer their figures into it. Match entity, period, currency, reference and version to the employee master, contract, attendance, payroll inputs and payment approval, then confirm that the source supports the debit side (EOSB obligation) and the credit side (Employee benefit payable). Missing ownership, date, reference or approval remains an open exception; a balancing journal or undocumented assumption does not cure it.
Remeasure from the facts before reading the proposed journal, then add it independently: total debits 99,000.00 and total credits 99,000.00. Debit detail: EOSB obligation for 99,000.00. Credit detail: Employee benefit payable for 99,000.00. Link every line to the recognition or measurement rule explained in the lecture, then trace its reference and posting date. After posting, test payroll control totals, employee liabilities, GOSI and the WPS file. Equal sides prove arithmetic only, not the correct account, period or classification.
Before close, compare the correct treatment with the common alternative and record its specific effect: Award and payable are understated 27,000.00. Do not close until the journal agrees with payroll expense, liabilities, cash and end-of-service benefit and an independent reviewer can move from balance to account, reference and this event's own source. Keep the calculation, source version, journal identifier, reconciliation result and unresolved exceptions in the same workpaper. An attached file without a stated conclusion is not review evidence.
ERP retains a separate termination case with approved reason and effective date, linking contract, service timeline and settlement-wage components. Formula is versioned and not silently overwritten; salary, leave, EOSB and advance remain separate accounts. Payment updates provision census and employee status.
Reperform two termination files: validate reason, service and wage, calculate Article 84 layers and Article 85 test, then separate other rights, deductions and journal.
Work output: A workbook
These are yours once downloaded, and need no account. Fill them with your own figures and keep them in your portfolio.
Use EOSB accrual field only to compare provision impact, not calculate legal entitlement; settlement is built in decision workpaper.
Termination file arrives; build facts, calculation and settlement before payment.
What you haveManager email says resignation; contract says expiry.
The arithmetic in this case runs in the tool itself, which is open to you any time with your own figures.
Log fact, service or wage component that misled you, then corrected evidence, formula, band and journal.
This is not sent anywhere and not stored here. Write it down for yourself — in the workpaper you downloaded, or on paper.
Fix termination event, service and settlement wage, calculate Article 84 layers then reason test, and separate EOSB from other rights and provision.
An employee served eight years, wage 18,000.00 and provision attribution 101,500.00. How determine payment and posting?
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I prove contract expiry on 30/09, build an eight-year timeline and select 18,000.00 wage from its components. I calculate 45,000.00 for first five and 54,000.00 for next three, reaching 99,000.00 before adding salary and leave and subtracting advance in separate schedule.
Build the Article 84 base award in two layers: half a month’s wage for each of the first five years, then one month’s wage for each later year, with proportional fractions. Show both layers rather than one opaque formula. For a settlement wage of SAR 18,000.00 and eight years’ service, the first-five layer is 45,000.00 and the next-three layer 54,000.00, producing a base of 99,000.00 before testing termination reason. Do not calculate 8 × 18,000.00 or treat all eight years as half-month years. The example teaches calculation shape, while the live file rereads current rule and contract before approval.
When termination is employee resignation, apply Article 85 after calculating the base award, not before. Service below two years does not reach the resignation band; two continuous years through five earns one-third of base, more than five but below ten earns two-thirds, and ten or more earns full award, subject to statutory exceptions granting full entitlement in specified cases. Do not round nine years eleven months up to ten, and do not use resignation-request date if the contract continues until acceptance or effective date. Reason and duration are both evidence, and an exception needs its document rather than sympathy or severity.
End-of-service award is not the entire final settlement. Separately assemble final days’ salary, unused leave pay if due, expense reimbursements, approved bonuses, compensation or notice pay where applicable, then deduct an employee advance or lawfully recoverable debt with evidence. Do not place these items inside the Article 84 award to produce one number; each has its own rule, account and possible tax or presentation treatment. The settlement sheet shows gross settlement, deductions and net payment, with EOSB as a distinct line. If total settlement is SAR 128,500.00 and EOSB is 99,000.00, do not record the whole 128,500.00 as provision usage.
Control the settlement deadline under Article 88: when the employer ends the relationship, wages and entitlements are settled within one week from termination; when the worker ends the contract, the employer has no more than two weeks. Record relationship end, the party ending it, calculation approval, transfer date and any delay reason. Do not let a dispute over a small item indefinitely block undisputed rights without decision; escalate the case and identify what can be paid. File status is not component status: calculated, reviewed, approved, paid and disputed differ. A correct calculation not executed by the bank remains a liability. Payment before final approval creates recovery risk, not operational success. Timing, approval and execution are three independent facts.
Perform maker-checker review over fields that change the result, not addition alone. The reviewer rechecks termination reason from document, service from timeline, settlement wage from components, Article 84 layers, Article 85 band or exception, then other settlement lines and deductions. Run sensitivity where a fact is disputed: what if end date is one month later, commission is included, or reason is resignation instead of contract expiry? Do not choose the lowest number as conservatism. Use scenarios to show the value of the decision required. Approval states the remaining assumption, authorised owner and recalculation trigger.
On posting, debit the EOSB obligation for the portion represented by the due award under policy and credit employee payable or bank on payment; record any settlement-versus-expected difference in the appropriate account after analysing cause. Salary, leave and compensation lines use their own accounts and are not hidden in the EOSB obligation. Update the valuation register to remove the employee and record benefits paid so the person does not remain in the next valuation data. If SAR 99,000.00 was paid while the actuarial record expected 101,500.00, do not alter the settlement sheet to agree; explain experience, assumption or data difference in the obligation roll-forward.
A defensible settlement file contains contract and amendments, termination document and reason, service timeline, settlement-wage analysis, Article 84 calculation, Article 85 and exception test, other rights and deductions, independent review, approval, payment proof, journal and valuation-register update. The employee can understand the statement without internal jargon, and a reviewer can recalculate without calling the preparer. This file is not used to measure the obligation for all employees at reporting date. The next lecture moves from individual legal settlement to the IAS 19 defined benefit obligation built on employee data, assumptions, present value and remeasurement.
Facts and supporting evidence
Resignation after seven years with settlement wage 12,000.00; base 54,000.00 and resignation band is two-thirds.
Correct treatment and entry
| Account | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| EOSB obligation | 36,000.00 | |
| Employee benefit payable | 36,000.00 | |
| Total (SAR) | 36,000.00 | 36,000.00 |
Treatment and financial effect
Article 84 base is calculated first, then Article 85 band applied.
Reperformance starts from this case's own facts: Resignation after seven years with settlement wage 12,000.00; base 54,000.00 and resignation band is two-thirds. Obtain the original source that proves this event. The training drawings Termination fact memo, EOSB settlement sheet explain field shape and reading order; they do not replace the case document or transfer their figures into it. Match entity, period, currency, reference and version to the employee master, contract, attendance, payroll inputs and payment approval, then confirm that the source supports the debit side (EOSB obligation) and the credit side (Employee benefit payable). Missing ownership, date, reference or approval remains an open exception; a balancing journal or undocumented assumption does not cure it.
Remeasure from the facts before reading the proposed journal, then add it independently: total debits 36,000.00 and total credits 36,000.00. Debit detail: EOSB obligation for 36,000.00. Credit detail: Employee benefit payable for 36,000.00. Link every line to the recognition or measurement rule explained in the lecture, then trace its reference and posting date. After posting, test payroll control totals, employee liabilities, GOSI and the WPS file. Equal sides prove arithmetic only, not the correct account, period or classification.
Before close, compare the correct treatment with the common alternative and record its specific effect: Award is overstated 18,000.00. Do not close until the journal agrees with payroll expense, liabilities, cash and end-of-service benefit and an independent reviewer can move from balance to account, reference and this event's own source. Keep the calculation, source version, journal identifier, reconciliation result and unresolved exceptions in the same workpaper. An attached file without a stated conclusion is not review evidence.
Facts and supporting evidence
Service five years six months and wage 12,000.00; no entitlement exception.
Correct treatment and entry
| Account | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| EOSB obligation | 36,000.00 | |
| Employee benefit payable | 36,000.00 | |
| Total (SAR) | 36,000.00 | 36,000.00 |
Treatment and financial effect
First five years 30,000.00 and next half-year 6,000.00.
Reperformance starts from this case's own facts: Service five years six months and wage 12,000.00; no entitlement exception. Obtain the original source that proves this event. The training drawings Termination fact memo, EOSB settlement sheet explain field shape and reading order; they do not replace the case document or transfer their figures into it. Match entity, period, currency, reference and version to the employee master, contract, attendance, payroll inputs and payment approval, then confirm that the source supports the debit side (EOSB obligation) and the credit side (Employee benefit payable). Missing ownership, date, reference or approval remains an open exception; a balancing journal or undocumented assumption does not cure it.
Remeasure from the facts before reading the proposed journal, then add it independently: total debits 36,000.00 and total credits 36,000.00. Debit detail: EOSB obligation for 36,000.00. Credit detail: Employee benefit payable for 36,000.00. Link every line to the recognition or measurement rule explained in the lecture, then trace its reference and posting date. After posting, test payroll control totals, employee liabilities, GOSI and the WPS file. Equal sides prove arithmetic only, not the correct account, period or classification.
Before close, compare the correct treatment with the common alternative and record its specific effect: Entitlement is understated 6,000.00. Do not close until the journal agrees with payroll expense, liabilities, cash and end-of-service benefit and an independent reviewer can move from balance to account, reference and this event's own source. Keep the calculation, source version, journal identifier, reconciliation result and unresolved exceptions in the same workpaper. An attached file without a stated conclusion is not review evidence.
Facts and supporting evidence
EOSB 99,000.00, final salary 15,000.00, leave 10,000.00 and recovered advance 3,500.00; net 120,500.00.
Correct treatment and entry
| Account | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| EOSB obligation | 99,000.00 | |
| Payroll payable | 15,000.00 | |
| Accrued leave liability | 10,000.00 | |
| Employee advances | 3,500.00 | |
| Employee settlement payable | 120,500.00 | |
| Total (SAR) | 124,000.00 | 124,000.00 |
Treatment and financial effect
Each right and deduction retains its account and bridge reaches net payment.
Reperformance starts from this case's own facts: EOSB 99,000.00, final salary 15,000.00, leave 10,000.00 and recovered advance 3,500.00; net 120,500.00. Obtain the original source that proves this event. The training drawings Termination fact memo, EOSB settlement sheet explain field shape and reading order; they do not replace the case document or transfer their figures into it. Match entity, period, currency, reference and version to the employee master, contract, attendance, payroll inputs and payment approval, then confirm that the source supports the debit side (EOSB obligation, Payroll payable, Accrued leave liability) and the credit side (Employee advances, Employee settlement payable). Missing ownership, date, reference or approval remains an open exception; a balancing journal or undocumented assumption does not cure it.
Remeasure from the facts before reading the proposed journal, then add it independently: total debits 124,000.00 and total credits 124,000.00. Debit detail: EOSB obligation for 99,000.00; Payroll payable for 15,000.00; Accrued leave liability for 10,000.00. Credit detail: Employee advances for 3,500.00; Employee settlement payable for 120,500.00. Link every line to the recognition or measurement rule explained in the lecture, then trace its reference and posting date. After posting, test payroll control totals, employee liabilities, GOSI and the WPS file. Equal sides prove arithmetic only, not the correct account, period or classification.
Before close, compare the correct treatment with the common alternative and record its specific effect: EOSB obligation is understated 21,500.00 and salary, leave and advance do not reconcile. Do not close until the journal agrees with payroll expense, liabilities, cash and end-of-service benefit and an independent reviewer can move from balance to account, reference and this event's own source. Keep the calculation, source version, journal identifier, reconciliation result and unresolved exceptions in the same workpaper. An attached file without a stated conclusion is not review evidence.