$30000 is the amount of liability for compensated absences
Explanation:
The Employee benefit plan of M Corp provides that, each employee will get 15 paid vacation days.
And if any employee unutilized these vacation days, he can carry over these vacation days to next years indefinitely, and employees of M Corporation are also provided with the other option to encash those Vacation days.
So, in this scenario, at the end of December 2016, M's unadjusted balance of liability towards vacation days are found to be "200 DAYS".
And also provided that, on an average, each employee will earn $186 a day.
So, amount of Liability for compensated absences in M Corporation = 200 Days multiply with $150 per day.
= $30000/-