CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © Thomson/South-Western LESSON 9-2 Prepaid Expenses

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © Thomson/South-Western DESCRIPTION OF PREPAID EXPENSES Expenses paid in one fiscal period but not reported as expenses until a later fiscal period are called prepaid expenses Supplies Insurance Advertising Income taxes Only the portion of cash payment for expenses that have been used in the current fiscal period should be reported as an expense in that fiscal period Prepaid expenses may be recorded initially as assets or as expenses Both are acceptable as long as the method is used consistently 2 LESSON 9-2

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © Thomson/South-Western 3 LESSON Debit the expense account. 2.Credit the asset account. SUPPLIES INITIALLY RECORDED AS AN ASSET page  When a company buys office supplies, the asset Supplies is debited & Cash is credited.  Adjusting entries are recorded so that the supplies used during a fiscal period are reported as expenses & the supplies not used are reported as assets

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © Thomson/South-Western 4 LESSON Debit the asset account. (Amount left at the end of the fiscal period.) 2.Credit the expense account. SUPPLIES INITIALLY RECORDED AS AN EXPENSE page  When a company buys office supplies, the expense Supplies Expense is debited & Cash is credited.  Adjusting entries are recorded so that the remaining supplies at the end of the fiscal period are reported as an asset

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © Thomson/South-Western 5 LESSON Debit the expense account. 2.Credit the asset account. REVERSING ENTRY—SUPPLIES INITIALLY RECORDED AS AN EXPENSE page  Businesses that initially record prepaid items as expenses reverse the adjusting entries for prepaid expenses at the beginning of each fiscal period  An entry made at the beginning of one fiscal period to reverse an adjusting entry made in the previous fiscal period is called a reversing entry

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © Thomson/South-Western 6 LESSON Debit the asset account. 2.Credit the expense account. PREPAID INSURANCE INITIALLY RECORDED AS AN EXPENSE page

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © Thomson/South-Western 7 LESSON Debit the expense account. 2.Credit the asset account. REVERSING ENTRY FOR PREPAID INSURANCE page

CENTURY 21 ACCOUNTING © Thomson/South-Western 8 LESSON 9-2 TERMS REVIEW prepaid expenses reversing entry page 271