A company purchase prepaid insurance on January 10th for $11,000. do you need a journal entry on January 31st to record expired insurance? If so what is the journal entry?
Requirement:- A company purchase prepaid insurance on January 10th for $11,000. do you need a journal entry on January 31st to record expired insurance?
Solution:-
Journal entry on January 10
Date | Account Titles and Explanation | Debit | Credit |
Jan 10 | Prepaid Insurance | $11,000 | |
Cash | $11,000 |
Yes, We need to record Journal entry on January 31.
Date | Account Titles and Explanation | Debit | Credit |
Jan 31 | Insurance Expense | $633 | |
Prepaid Insurance | $633 |
Note: While calculating the insurance expense, we are assuming $11,000 insurance is of full year or 365 days.
Insurance expense = 11,000 * 21 / 365 = 633
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