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grad1
Sep 16, 2015, 07:33 AM
Balance for prepaid expense on 6/30 yr 12 400

Making adjusting entries the end of July

How would I record this

The firm paid the premium on a one year insurance polic March 1 yr 12 with coverage beginning that month. No other policy was in effect on
June 30, yr 12

paraclete
Sep 16, 2015, 03:36 PM
Some assumptions are necessary
1. the balance of the account is the amount of the insurance premium
2. there is no residual balance in the account from the previous year
a premium for a policy beginning March 1 in a year ending 30 June has extinguished 1/3 of its value at 30 June leaving 2/3 prepaid
Making an adjusting entry in July means you could be calculating one month's premium or five months

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