Prepaid 
Insurance

In this example you will be asked to supply answers to questions about prepaid expenses. You will receive immediate feedback about your answers.

The scenario:
On July 1, 2003, Mythical paid $2,400 for insurance that will be in effect for two years from the date of the payment. Assume that the payment was properly recorded as an asset.

Please compute and enter the number of months of expense in the current year

:Number of months of expense in current year

How much should be recognized as an expense in each month?
Enter your answer with a dollar sign

:Amount of expense in each month

 

How much insurance expense should Mythical recognize in the current year?
Enter your answer with a dollar sign

:Amount of expense for the year

What account would you debit in your adjusting entry? Hint: what happens to assets over time?
Enter the account name using only lower case characters.

:Account you would debit

© Jim Formosa 2002