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    fostertina Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 28, 2007, 10:54 AM
    When paying the building lease in adavance of the current month.
    I'd like to pre-pay the building lease and don't want the expense to be doubled on my income statement for the current month since I've already paid the rent for this month. I believe that I need to set up a pre-paid GL account on the balance sheet. I don't have any pre-paid accounts on my chart of accounts currently and am not positive if it should be a liability account or an asset account. I think it's an asset account however and the entry would be a credit to cash and a debit to pre-paid rents, correct? Thanks for your help.
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    Dec 28, 2007, 04:42 PM
    A prepaid account is a current asset. You are correct, you would debit the prepaid account and credit cash. Don't forget to reverse the entry on the first of the following month.
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    Dec 29, 2007, 04:11 AM
    You would...

    Debit Prepaid Rent (a current asset account)
    Credit Cash (a current asset account)
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