Prepaid rent is a rent paid in advance so it is current asset and it will have debit balance as normal balance.
Prepaid Rent, Prepaid Insurance, and Prepaid Interest... maybe? Check it out on Investopedia.com
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.
It has a normal balance of a credit.
Prepaid rent is considered a debit. When a business pays rent in advance, it records the payment as an asset on its balance sheet, reflecting the right to occupy the property in the future. As time passes and the rent is used up, the prepaid rent is then expensed, reducing the asset and increasing rent expense.
Debit.
Prepaid Rent, Prepaid Insurance, and Prepaid Interest... maybe? Check it out on Investopedia.com
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.
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.
It has a normal balance of a credit.
Debit.
Rent is a revenue account and like all revenue accounts it has credit balance as normal balance.
balance sheet as a current liability until it's earned, when you transfer the amount earned to revenue.
When prepaid rent expires, the expense for the period must be recognized in the financial statements. In this case, the adjusted prepaid balance of $4,000 pertains to the rental period from October 20x2 through 20x3. This amount should be allocated to the appropriate expense account for the months it covers, reflecting the cost of rent for the period until it is fully expensed. As the prepaid rent is used up, it reduces the prepaid asset and increases the rent expense on the income statement.
A liability is what it represents.
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.
Prepaid rent A/c Dr To, Rent A/C
we will take it as a current asset