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
Debit prepaid inventoryCredit cash / bank
Prepaids and accruals. prepaid: the payment is made but the expense has not yet incurred. accrual: expense happened but not yet making payment. to illustrate how adjusting works, let's see an example: http://www.accounting7.com/content/exercise-adjusting-account-entries-accounting
Prepaid expense is a payment which relevant to services which expected to delivered in the next accounting period, while advance expense is an expense paid in advance for services expected to delivered in the current accounting period.
prepaid expenses are those expenses for which cash is paid in advance but if there is no cash payment then that is not prepaid expense and hence no entry required.
Dr: Prepayment to Suppliers (In Case of Expense, then "Prepaid expense" account will be debited e:g Prepaid Rent) Cr: Bank/Cash
Debit prepaid inventoryCredit cash / bank
prepaid expense adjusting entries
Prepaids and accruals. prepaid: the payment is made but the expense has not yet incurred. accrual: expense happened but not yet making payment. to illustrate how adjusting works, let's see an example: http://www.accounting7.com/content/exercise-adjusting-account-entries-accounting
Adjustment of accrued expenses means to adjust the previously recorded accruals like prepaid expenses or outstanding liabilities etc.
Prepaid expense is a payment which relevant to services which expected to delivered in the next accounting period, while advance expense is an expense paid in advance for services expected to delivered in the current accounting period.
debit prepaid expensescredit cash
prepaid expenses are those expenses for which cash is paid in advance but if there is no cash payment then that is not prepaid expense and hence no entry required.
[Debit] Prepaid Expenses xxxx [Credit] Cash / bank xxxx
Debit prepaid expensesCredit cash / bank
these are those expenses which have been paid in advance. it means that these expenses,though not related to the current year,have been included in the expenses of current year. so in order to show a true and fair view,we have to deduct such prepaid expenses from the original expenditure as they are belonging to the next year. the entry is (for example) prepaid insurance dr to insurance a/c cr
Dr: Prepayment to Suppliers (In Case of Expense, then "Prepaid expense" account will be debited e:g Prepaid Rent) Cr: Bank/Cash
Debit prepaid expensesCredit cash / bank