{"id":94,"date":"2022-02-01T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetrainingplace.org\/blog\/2022\/02\/01\/prepayments\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:38:20","slug":"prepayments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrainingplace.org\/blog\/2022\/02\/prepayments\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepayments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgbQga-qfUdrVYSYtwUpbTubIHXHnbhZZDkKmOzZEytJftrK40ujcvELxBZWD6TIHHELiMm8FD4uZokPUTrxHnOUoPDL3wFMpGAgmj7bgnfYUj39RaKrx-2pxVDoGKrrhr5fTkB0M0utC0wv9uYqbVdudmvX9j73-dDG5iR4_dwto3oMumTtYkA5tDf=s1337\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgbQga-qfUdrVYSYtwUpbTubIHXHnbhZZDkKmOzZEytJftrK40ujcvELxBZWD6TIHHELiMm8FD4uZokPUTrxHnOUoPDL3wFMpGAgmj7bgnfYUj39RaKrx-2pxVDoGKrrhr5fTkB0M0utC0wv9uYqbVdudmvX9j73-dDG5iR4_dwto3oMumTtYkA5tDf=w495-h94\" width=\"495\" height=\"94\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"253\" data-original-width=\"1337\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A prepayment is an amount paid in advance for an expense which relates to an<br \/>\naccounting period after the year end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In accounting for prepayments, the effect that needs to occur will be to reduce<br \/>\nthe relevant expenditure in an attempt to account for the transactions which<br \/>\nhave been overpaid and then to increase the asset in that accounting period,<br \/>\nrecognising that the business could be owed that amount.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh3vz4mCd1OrL5wORCkYKQo_89PsDpC2WPJzocXxE2y3RiEm-rm3dDSwPqLwPQBsw1CEOQUegRqHUCYIZfnRi9xgMMYcSuyXFemZlevzFpf9IEmo0SmybSJQQX6XT0dpQtKhPcaGKZS1aAyuBlntlc9enGZoGJ7JkuN1l61cIhJWVZMIZvntNvsjdRG=s1718\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh3vz4mCd1OrL5wORCkYKQo_89PsDpC2WPJzocXxE2y3RiEm-rm3dDSwPqLwPQBsw1CEOQUegRqHUCYIZfnRi9xgMMYcSuyXFemZlevzFpf9IEmo0SmybSJQQX6XT0dpQtKhPcaGKZS1aAyuBlntlc9enGZoGJ7JkuN1l61cIhJWVZMIZvntNvsjdRG=w511-h83\" width=\"511\" height=\"83\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"278\" data-original-width=\"1718\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"tab-stops: 68.4pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">Example:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">You are working on the accounting records of a business for the year ended 31<br \/>\nJanuary 20X7. You are looking at the business rates expense for the year and<br \/>\nthis shows payments for the following periods:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"308\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Feb<br \/>\n20X6 \u2013 Mar 20X7- Office 1<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.15pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a31,568<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"308\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Feb<br \/>\n20X6 \u2013 Feb 20X7- Office 2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.15pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a31,287<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\">Calculate the value of the adjustment required for the business rates account as at 31 January 20X7 and show the journal entry needed for the relevant adjustment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"tab-stops: 68.4pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\">Solution:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"308\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.15pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 114.8pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"153\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Prepayments<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"308\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Feb<br \/>\n20X6 \u2013 Mar 20X7- Office 1<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.15pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a31,568<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 114.8pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"153\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a31568\/14&#215;2= \u00a3224<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"308\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Feb<br \/>\n20X6 \u2013 Feb 20X6- Office 2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.15pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a31,287<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 114.8pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"153\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a31287\/13&#215;1=99<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"308\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Total<br \/>\nprepayments adjustment needed<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 79.15pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"106\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 114.8pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"153\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a3224+\u00a399=\u00a3323<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"tab-stops: 68.4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150.25pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">\n<p style=\"tab-stops: 68.4pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;\">Account name<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"tab-stops: 68.4pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;\">Amount<br \/>\n(\u00a3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.6pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">\n<p style=\"tab-stops: 68.4pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;\">Dr\/<br \/>\nCr<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td style=\"border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150.25pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">\n<p style=\"tab-stops: 68.4pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;\">Prepayments<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"tab-stops: 68.4pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;\">323<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; 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