If it has been prepaid by a customer and you show the cash related to this prepayment on your books, it is straight liability. You can think of this as something that you have but does not belong to you until you earn it. It is not deferred liability.
Prepaid rent A/c Dr To, Rent A/C
Yes, prepaid rent is accrued.
prepaid rent a/c dr to rent a/c
prepaid expenses are those which we pay in advance ! like rent of a building , its a prepaid expense . we first pay the rent and then use the building whenever we need. deffered expenses are those which have been accumulated and are not paid yet. for example if we do not pay the rent of the building for 5 months , so it has been deffered means accumulated! salma A prepaid expense usually relates to a specific time frame, like pre-paying rent as mentioned above. Whereas a deferred expense may not have a specific time frame in which to be recognized. It might even be a partial expense which will continue to increase (whether actually paid or not) until the time comes when it will be amortized. An example might be costs associated with the acquisution of a business or product line. Those costs might continue to accrue as deferred expenses for months (or longer) until the transaction is complete and revenues begin to flow.
If it has been prepaid by a customer and you show the cash related to this prepayment on your books, it is straight liability. You can think of this as something that you have but does not belong to you until you earn it. It is not deferred liability.
Prepaid rent A/c Dr To, Rent A/C
Yes, prepaid rent is accrued.
prepaid rent a/c dr to rent a/c
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.
prepaid expenses are those which we pay in advance ! like rent of a building , its a prepaid expense . we first pay the rent and then use the building whenever we need. deffered expenses are those which have been accumulated and are not paid yet. for example if we do not pay the rent of the building for 5 months , so it has been deffered means accumulated! salma A prepaid expense usually relates to a specific time frame, like pre-paying rent as mentioned above. Whereas a deferred expense may not have a specific time frame in which to be recognized. It might even be a partial expense which will continue to increase (whether actually paid or not) until the time comes when it will be amortized. An example might be costs associated with the acquisution of a business or product line. Those costs might continue to accrue as deferred expenses for months (or longer) until the transaction is complete and revenues begin to flow.
[Debit] Prepaid Rent [Credit] Cash Account This entry will be same whether partnership business or other form of company.
[Debit] Prepaid Rent xxxx [Credit] Cash / bank xxxx
Prepaid rent is when you pay your rent ahead for a length of time, either as a deposit or as regular rent. Sometimes you can get a discount based on how much rent you pay ahead.
1. [Debit] Prepaid Rent xxxx [Credit] Cash xxxx
Prepaid rent is a rent paid in advance so it is current asset and it will have debit balance as normal balance.
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.