A company makes the payment of a one-year insurance premium of $4,440 on March 1, 2019.   Exercise 5-19 (Algo) Part e   e. Accounting for prepaid expenses achieves a better matching of revenues and expenses and yields a more meaningful measure of net income.   true or false

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A company makes the payment of a one-year insurance premium of $4,440 on March 1, 2019.

 

Exercise 5-19 (Algo) Part e

 

e. Accounting for prepaid expenses achieves a better matching of revenues and expenses and yields a more meaningful measure of net income.

 

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Insurance expense is the amount money that has been incurred by the entity to buy the insurance. Insurance when paid in advance is referred to as prepaid insurance.

 

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