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  1. Asked: December 27, 2022In: 1. Financial Accounting > Miscellaneous

    Prepaid expenses is current assets or current liabilities?

    Sahil Ahuja (Founder: AccountingQA.com, Accountingcapital.com)
    Added an answer on January 3, 2023 at 7:16 am

    Introduction Definition of prepaid expenses Definition of Current assets and Current Liabilities with examples Current Assets or Current Liabilities How to classify prepaid expenses for business owners and financial professionals. Answer the question "is it a CA or CL and don't forget to explain whyRead more

    Introduction

    • Definition of prepaid expenses
    • Definition of Current assets and Current Liabilities with examples

    Current Assets or Current Liabilities

    • How to classify prepaid expenses for business owners and financial professionals.
    • Answer the question “is it a CA or CL and don’t forget to explain why”.
    • Why are they CA and not why CL this question must be answered.

    Accounting treatment of prepaid expenses

    • How prepaid expenses are recorded in financial statements
    • The impact of classifying prepaid expenses as current assets or current liabilities on a company’s financial statements

    Conclusion

    • Recap of the main points discussed
    • Importance of proper classification of prepaid expenses for accurate financial reporting

     

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  2. Asked: December 21, 2022In: 1. Financial Accounting > Ledger & Trial Balance

    Why is trial balance prepared?

    Sahil Ahuja (Founder: AccountingQA.com, Accountingcapital.com)
    Added an answer on December 30, 2022 at 10:41 am

    Instructions – you can delete it after done with the answer. Points which can be covered, not necessary to cover all but you can take what you want leave out rest. Introduction: Definition of trial balance Importance of trial balance in accounting Purpose of trial balance: To verify the arithmeticalRead more

    Instructions – you can delete it after done with the answer.

    Points which can be covered, not necessary to cover all but you can take what you want leave out rest.

    1. Introduction:
    • Definition of trial balance
    • Importance of trial balance in accounting
    1. Purpose of trial balance:
    • To verify the arithmetical accuracy of the ledger
    • To ensure that all transactions are recorded
    • To identify any unbalanced entries in the ledger
    1. How trial balance is prepared:
    • Step 1: Gather all ledger accounts and their balances
    • Step 2: Arrange the accounts in order of their nature (assets, liabilities, equity, income, and expenses)
    • Step 3: Total the debit balances and credit balances separately
    • Step 4: Compare the total debit balances with the total credit balances
    1. Types of trial balance:
    • Unadjusted trial balance: prepared before adjusting entries are made
    • Adjusted trial balance: prepared after adjusting entries are made
    • Post-closing trial balance: prepared after closing entries are made

     

     

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