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What type of account is Prepaid Rent?
balance sheet as a current liability until it's earned, when you transfer the amount earned to revenue.
Is prepaid rent is what type of asset?
Prepaid Rent is a Current-Asset account. Since it deals with "prepaid" it will expire on a regular basis and is not a "fixed" asset. Each month (or whatever terms the rent may be paid) the amount is removed from Prepaid-Rent and placed in Rent Expense.
Is prepaid rent a long term asset?
A Long-Term Asset is one in which the benefits of that asset extend beyond the course of a year. The benefits of prepaid rent are typically more immediate, and therefore Prepaid Rent is classified as a Current Asset.
Is prepaid rent an asset or liability in the books of the payer?
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Is prepaid rent an asset or liability?
Prepaid rent is the asset of compan as it is paid already but not due yet so it is current asset and shown in current assets under balance sheet.
Is Rent payable is recorded in accounting year?
First let me say there is no account referred to as "Rent Payable". Rent is an operating expense for a business, you have two main accounts that deal with rent. 1 is Prepaid Rent, the other is Rent Expense. Prepaid Rent is used if the company pays their rent in advance. Prepaid Rent is an Asset. For example a company pays 6 months rent in advance, the journal entry isPrepaid Rent (debit) $$$Cash (credit) $$$Each month as the rent is "used up" an adjusting entry must be made. Since the cash has already been paid the entries move the amount needed of that month from one account to another. In this case we want to move it from the asset account Prepaid Rent to the Expense account Rent Expense the entry is;Rent Expense (debit) $$$Prepaid Rent (credit) $$$As you notice since prepaid rent is an asset account it has a debit balance, therefore to "remove" the amount of rent used we must credit that amount.If the company pays their rent monthly on a cash basis the journal entry is simple and straight forward.Rent Expense (debit) $$$Cash (credit) $$$You will not see an account called "Rent Payable" as a payable account is a liability account and expense are not classified as a liability but an operating expense.
Is prepaid rent goes to income statement?
Prepaid rent is that amount which is paid in advance but benefit of which is not yet taken by business so it is current asset of business and like all current assets it is also shown under asset side of balance sheet and not in income statement.
What is the normal balance for prepaid rent?
Prepaid rent is a rent paid in advance so it is current asset and it will have debit balance as normal balance.
What is the difference between prepaid rent and rent expense?
Prepaid rent is an asset and represents and advance payment for a future benefit Rent expense is an expense and is the expended portion of the rent consumed.
Is prepaid rent considered a monetary item?
Prepaid rent is monetary item, booked to the debit of the balance sheet account as an asset and expensed to the P&L through a monthly booking by crediting the balance sheet and debiting the P&L rent account ( recognising expense). It is important to prepare a schedule showing how you expense the prepayment till you get a zero balance at the end of period covered by the prepayment, that is when you must have charged the total amount to the P&L account. It is not good accounting practice to charge the total amount of prepaid rent to P&L account in one period. Cheers Ndimuh Cosmas
Is a decrease in prepaid rent a debit or a credit?
Prepaid Rent is an asset, therefore to decrease the asset (or use up the rent) a decrease would be a credit. Assets generally maintain a debit balance, which means to increase the balance we debit and to decrease the balance we credit.
When December rent is paid in November which account is debited?
Prepaid Rent is debited.
