Classify the following items as Asset, Liabilities, and owner's equity.
Items = Office supplies inventory, prepaid rent, account receivable, prepaid insurance, accumulated depreciation.
Items:
1. Office supplies inventory = Asset
2. Prepaid rent = Asset
3. Accounts receivable = Asset
4. Prepaid insurance = Asset
5. Accumulated depreciation = Asset, but with a credit balance i.e. contra asset account. Although it reduces the total of assets on the balance sheet, accumulated depreciation cannot be considered as a liability because it is not an obligation to the company to pay such amount to a third party. Hence, it is considered as a contra asset account.
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