Adjusting Entries

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Prepaid Expense (offices supplies & insurance)

▪ Define what adjusting entries are;


▪ Enumerate the different types of adjusting entries
▪ Prepare adjusting entries for prepayment using two
methods – asset method and expense method
▪ Compute the proper balances of insurance expense
and prepaid insurance
The Accounting Cycle

Identify and Record journal


analyze entries
transaction Post to general
ledger

Prepare
unadjusted trial
balance
make adjusting
entries
▪Adjusting Entries - Entries made at the
end of the accounting period before
closing procedure to update balance of
asset, liability , revenue, and expense
account, to make their balances ready for
the preparation of financial statement.
▪ Involves changing accounting balances at the end of
the period from what is the current balance of the
account to what is the correct balance for proper
financial reporting
▪ It assign revenues to the period in which they are
earned and expenses to the period in which they are
incurred.
▪ In effect, this entries are needed to measure properly
the profit for the period and to bring asset and liability
account to correct balances for the financial statement.
▪ Prepaid expense
▪ Deferred revenues
▪ Accrued revenue
▪ Accrued expense
▪ Asset depreciation
▪ Uncollectible account
▪ Subsequent measurements of asset and liability
accounts
▪Completeness
▪Freedom from error
▪Timeliness
▪Accrual basis
▪Revenue recognition
▪Matching principle
▪Prepaid expense are expenses paid in
advance.

TWO METHOD OF RECORDING PREPAID EXPENSE;


▪ Asset method – the account debited upon payment is
an asset account. Upon adjustment , an expense account
is debited with a corresponding credit to an asset
account.
▪ Expense method – the account debited upon payment
is an expense account. Upon adjustment, an asset
account is debited and an expense account is credited.
▪ Asset Method is used by accountant if the account used in the initial entry in recording
revenue is an asset account.
The initial journal entry is:

> If the accountant used asset method, the adjustments will be this way:
▪ Expense Method is used by the accountant if the account used in the initial entry in
recording revenue is an expense account.
▪ The initial journal entry is:

If the accountant used expense method, the adjustment will be this


way:
Let us have examples for better understanding.

▪ Company X purchased office supplies on August 1, 2020


amounting to 100,000 in which the company immediately
paid in cash. At December 31, 2020 which coincides to be
the end of the accounting period, inventory record show that
the amount of remaining office supplies amount to 40,000.

▪ Required : prepare the initial and adjusting entries for this


transaction using the two method namely, asset method and
expense method
EXAMPLES FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

▪Case #2: Prepaid insurance


▪On October 1, 2019, Malinis
Company acquired a three-year
insurance policy for Php 36,000.00
paid in advance. How much is the
remaining balance for December 31,
2021 insurance of Malinis Company.
▪ Directions: Prepare the adjusting entry for the following situations. The last
day of the accounting period is December 31, 2020. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.

▪ 1.1. On 2019 the payment of the Php 19,000.00 insurance premium for two
years in advance was originally recorded as Prepaid Insurance. One year of
the policy has now expired.

▪ 1.2. All employees earn a total of Php 10,000.00 per day for a five-day week
beginning on Monday and ending on Friday. They were paid for the
workweek ending December 26. They worked on Monday, December 29;
Tuesday, December 30; and Wednesday, December 31.
▪Deferral is the postponement of the recognition of an expense already paid but not
yet incurred or of revenue already collected but not yet earned.
▪ Deferred Revenue or Unearned Revenue refers to revenue
already received but not yet earned.

▪ Two Methods for Deferral adjustment

▪Income Method is used by accountant, if the account used in the initial entry in
recording revenue is an income account.
▪Liability Method is used by accountant if the account used in the initial entry in
recording revenue is a liability account.
▪ The initial journal entry for income method is:

▪ If the accountant used income method, the adjusting entry


will be this way:
▪ The initial journal entry for liability method is:

▪ If the accountant used liability method the adjusting entry


will be this way:
▪ Case No. 4: On July 1, 2019, Matapat Company received a check amounting to
Php 48,000.00 for two-year rent paid in advance.
Income Method
Initial journal entry Adjusting journal entry

Liability Method

Initial journal entry Adjusting journal entry


▪ Accrued Revenue or Accrued Income arises when
the business renders services or delivers goods to its clients, but
collections have not yet been received.
▪ Journal entry

Accrued Expenses arise when businesses incur expenses but not yet
paid. Examples of these are salaries, taxes, and interest.

Journal entry
▪ Case No. 5: RDS Laundry Services rendered a rush laundry services to a client on June 30,
2021 amounting to Php 35,000.00. The services have been earned but unbilled.
▪ Journal Entry

Date Debit Credit


June 30, 2021 Account Receivable 35,000
laundry Revenue 35,000
To record accrual unrecorded revenue

Transaction :To record accrual of unrecorded revenues


Analysis : increase in assets. Increase in owners equity
Rules: increase in assets are recorded by debits. Increase in owner;s equity are recorded by
credits.
Entries: increase in assets is recorded by a debit to Account Receivable. Increase in owner’s
equity is recorded by a credit to Laundry Revenues.
▪ Case No. 6: The owner of RDS Company invested Php 100,000.00 cash in certificate
of deposit that paid 5% annual interest. The certificate was acquired on January 1
and carried a one-year term to maturity. The adjusting entry for the year
ended December 31, 2020 is shown below:

Interest = Principal x Interest Rate x Time Period

=P100,000 x 5% x 12/12 (12/12 = 1 year)


=P100,000 x .05 x 1
= P5,000
▪ Case No. 8: The owner of RDS Company borrowed Php 500,000.00 by issuing a
one-year note with 10% annual interest to Rural Bank of Malasakit on October
1, 2020. Prepare the adjusting entry for the year ended December 31, 2020.
▪ Journal entry
▪ Dec. 31,2020 Interest Expense P 12,500.00
Interest Payable P 12,500
To record accrual unrecorded expense

The interest incurred for the year is determined by the following formula:
▪ Interest = Principal x Interest Rate x Time Period
▪ =Php 500,000.00 x 10% x 3/12 (3/12 = from October to December)
▪ =Php 500,000.00 x .05 x 3/12
▪ =Php 12,500.00
▪Case No. 9: Three-day salaries are
unpaid as of December 31 2020.
Salaries are Php 75,000.00 for a five-
day work week.
▪ To compute for depreciation, you will be using a formula. The components of the formula are
explained below.
▪ 1. Asset cost is the amount an entity paid to acquire the depreciable asset.
▪2. Estimated salvage value is the amount that the asset can be probably sold for at the end of its
estimated useful life.
▪ 3. Estimated useful life is the number of periods that an entity can make use of the asset.

▪ Straight-line method computation for depreciation


▪ Case No. 10: The owner of RDS Company paid Php160,000.00 cash to purchase a
delivery van (surplus) on January 1. The van was expected to have a three-year life and
a Php10,000.00 salvage value. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis.
Prepare the adjusting entry for the year ended December 31, 2021.
▪ Journal entry Debit Credit
▪ Dec. 31,2021 Depreciation Expense- Service Vehicle P 50,000
Accumulated Depreciation – Service Vehicle P 50,000

▪ Using the straight-line method in computing for the depreciation of the service vehicle for the period is Php
50,000.00.
▪ Asset Cost Php 160,000.00
▪ Less: Estimated Salvage Value 10,000.00
▪ Depreciable Cost 150,000.00
▪ Divided by: Estimated Useful Life 3 years
▪ Depreciation Expense for the Year Php 50,000.00
▪Case No. 11: The owner of RDS Company paid Php
160,000.00 cash to purchase a delivery van
(surplus) on January 1. The van was expected to
have a three-year life and a Php 10,000.00
salvage value. Depreciation is computed on a
straight-line basis. Prepare the adjusting entry for
the month ended January 31, 2021

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