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ISBN: 9781266265549

Author: Wild

Publisher: MCG

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The Effect Of Prepaid Taxes On Assets And Liabilities

Many businesses estimate tax liability and make payments throughout the year (often quarterly). When a company overestimates its tax liability, this results in the business paying a prepaid tax. Prepaid taxes will be reversed within one year but can resu…

Final Accounts

Financial accounting is one of the branches of accounting in which the transactions arising in the business over a particular period are recorded.

Ledger Posting

A ledger is an account that provides information on all the transactions that have taken place during a particular period. It is also known as General Ledger. For example, your bank account statement is a general ledger that gives information about the a…

Trial Balance and Final Accounts

In accounting we start with recording transaction with journal entries then we make separate ledger account for each type of transaction. It is very necessary to check and verify that the transaction transferred to ledgers from the journal are accurately…

Adjustment Entries

At the end of every accounting period Adjustment Entries are made in order to adjust the accounts precisely replicate the expenses and revenue of the current period. It is also known as end of period adjustment. It can also be referred as financial repor…

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Chapter 3, Problem 5QS

Prepaid (deferred) expenses adjustments P1

For each separate case below, follow the three-step process for adjusting the prepaid asset account at December 31. Step 1. Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2. Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year.

Prepaid Insurance. The Prepaid Insurance account has a $4.700 debit balance to start the year. A review of insurance policies and payments shows that $900 of unexpired insurance year-end.
Prepaid Insurance. The Prepaid Insurance account has a $5.890 debit balance at the start of the year. A review of insurance policies and payments shows $1.040 of insurance has exp year-end.
Prepaid Rent. On September 1 of the current year, the company prepaid $ 24,000 for two years of rent for facilities being occupied that day. The company debited Prepaid Rent and Cash for $24.000.

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