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    Jun 14, 2014, 06:40 PM
    Help! Accrual Basis vs. Cash Basis
    On April 1, 2011, a company paid a $16,200 premium on a 36-month insurance policy for coverage beginning on that date. Refer to that policy and fill in the blanks in the following table.

    Balance Sheet: Prepaid Insurance
    Dec. 31, 2011
    Accrual Basis:
    Cash Basis:

    Dec. 31, 2012
    Accrual Basis:
    Cash Basis:

    Dec. 31, 2013
    Accrual Basis:
    Cash Basis:

    Dec. 31, 2014
    Accrual Basis:
    Cash Basis:

    Income Statement: Insurance Expense
    Dec. 31, 2011
    Accrual Basis:
    Cash Basis:

    Dec. 31, 2012
    Accrual Basis:
    Cash Basis:

    Dec. 31, 2013
    Accrual Basis:
    Cash Basis:

    Dec. 31, 2014
    Accrual Basis:
    Cash Basis:
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    Jun 14, 2014, 07:39 PM
    Cash basis means when cash is received or spent, so in cash basis when you purchase the insurance policy you would expense it.

    In Accrual basis when you purchase insurance you are paying in advance of the insurance being used(expensed).

    In the prepaid account you would take your insurance cost and divide it by 3 to get the amount of insurance used or expensed for one year.

    To get the balance for your prepaid account for every year simply subtract the insurance expense from your beginning year balance.
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    Jun 16, 2014, 06:07 AM
    how hard can it be

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