A prepaid expense such as insurance is an operating cost and thus would be recorded under operating expenses
Prepaid insurance is amount paid in advance and that's why part of current assets and not in income statement.
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Prepaid insurance go to balance sheet as it is paid in advance and current assets of business.
Prepaid insurance would be an asset. Insurance expense is when the insurance has been used up, thus making it an actual expense on the Income Statement. Whereas Prepaid Insurance on a Balance sheet is classified as an Asset.
prepaid insurance is shown under cash flow from operating activities as reduction of cash flow or cash outflow.
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Prepaid expenses are not part of income statements, in accrual accounting income and expenses are only shown in income statements when they are actually incurred.
Prepaid Income is a balance sheet item. Income received in advance is treated as Liability of the firm. The same get transferred to Income Statement / Profit & Loss Account when income is earned. Followed by Accrual Accounting concept and Accounting Period Concept, such income received before they are actually earned are booked as a liability and get transferred to Income Statement as income upon actually earning them.
Prepaid expenses do not go on the income statement as they are classified as assets. They are amortized over the time period being paid for.Example: If you prepaid $600 dollars for 6 months rent. Then $100 dollars would be expensed each month and the remaining amount is reported on the the balance sheet.
Dr. Prepaid expence (balance sheet) Cr. Expense (income statement) e.g. you have already paid $1200 insurance, but at year end still have six months to go until you have to renew your premium. You would have expensed the full $1200 - now you need to remove the unused (prepaid) portion. Dr. Prepaid expense $600 Cr. Insurance $600
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.
A prepaid expense is the payment for services or goods that will benefit you at a future point in time. When the services or goods that were paid for in advance are utilized, it is at this point that the charge is expensed, or amortized on the income statement. For example, if I paid $1,200 for an insurance policy in Dec of 2011 for coverage over the calendar year 2012, I would have a prepaid expense of $1,200 on my balance sheet as of Dec 31, 2011. I would then amortize $100.00 to the income statement every month (for the coverage being provided to me), until eventually (at the end of the year-2012) the balance in my prepaid account would be zero and I would have amortized the entire $1,200 to the income statement at the rate of $100 per month.
If rent received is of this financial year it enters in the I/S under Revenues. If it is prepaid, the amount prepaid is deducted and entered in the SOFP under Current Liabilities as Prepaid Rent Receivable
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