Payer: debit prepaid rent and credit cash.
Remember the accrual basis of accounting. After using rent for one month. Then the payer debits rent expense and credits prepaid rent.
Prepaid Rent is debited.
Yes, it can be, if rent for the following month is not paid prior to the month end. if not, you put it under prepaid rent because you already paid for it.
When Anderson Inc. pays rent expenses of $4,000 for October, the Rent Expense account is increased by $4,000, reflecting the expense incurred. Simultaneously, the Cash account decreases by $4,000, as the company uses cash to pay the rent. Overall, this transaction reduces the company's cash assets while increasing its expenses, which will ultimately affect net income.
Journal Entry for Rent Received:[Debit] Rent Received[Credit] Cash/bankJournal entry for rent receivable[Debit] Accounts Receivable[Credit] Rent Receivable
Yes, what about rent in advance?
Prepaid Rent is debited.
Prepaid Rent is debited.
Yes, it can be, if rent for the following month is not paid prior to the month end. if not, you put it under prepaid rent because you already paid for it.
cash and accounts payable
When rent is paid three months in advance, the Cash account decreases as cash is paid out. Simultaneously, the Prepaid Rent account (an asset account) increases to reflect the advance payment for future rental periods. As each month passes, a portion of the prepaid rent is expensed, reducing the Prepaid Rent account and increasing the Rent Expense account accordingly.
Parent company journal entry Debit cash | Credit accounts payable - rent Holding company journal entry Debit accounts receivable - rent | Credit cash
No. It has been reduced from 19% of rent paid to 15% of rent paid.
Journal Entry for Rent Received:[Debit] Rent Received[Credit] Cash/bankJournal entry for rent receivable[Debit] Accounts Receivable[Credit] Rent Receivable
Any rent received is just that: payment for the right to live in a rental unit. Advanced rent basically means the tenant has paid X amount of dollars for his rent. If this amount exceeds the month's rent then the extra amount is applied towards future month's rent up to the amount received.
Rent is usually paid in the form of cash or check directly to the landlord or the superintendent.
Yes, what about rent in advance?
Then the rent is paid, and everything remains status quo.