faith760
Sep 25, 2010, 08:07 PM
Prepaid rent still in force $400 but on the trial balance sheet it states prepaid rent 2,700 do I subtract -debit 400 or credit 400
pready
Sep 26, 2010, 10:24 AM
Unearned Revenue is a Liability and liabilities have a normal credit balance. Prepaid Rent is a Current Asset and assets have a normal debit balance. When you decrease a liability you debit the account and when you decrease an asset you credit the account.
pready
Sep 17, 2011, 07:04 AM
You did not give enough informaation in your problem to determine what to do.
From the information provided by you, you have $400 in Prepaid rent and you paid $2,300 in advance for rent. The journal entry to record this is:
Ebit Prepaid Rent for 2,300
Credit Cash for 2,300
You do not do anything with the $400 until you have used the rent.
Obviously you did not read your problem and did not look at all the information provided in the problem!