Prepayments and Accruals | Adjusting Entries

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Adjusting Entries are an essential part of the close process in Financial Accounting. This video explains what Adjusting Journal Entries are and how they fit into the big picture of bookkeeping. If you're using the Accrual Basis of Accounting then watching this is a must!
You'll see how Adjusting Entries are split into two main groups: Prepayments and Accruals. You'll also find out how these are broken down further into Prepaid Expenses, Deferred Revenue, Accrued Expenses and Accrued Revenue.
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Which type of Adjusting Entry do you find the hardest?

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Thank you! Great video! I'm understanding it better now. I look forward to the other videos. I am mostly having trouble with the T-accounts and journal entries.

[@financialcounting5603]

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[@valepvh]

@@financialcounting5603 Thank you! It's doing the T account and journal entries for accruals and deferrals that I am having trouble doing.

[@financialcounting5603]

@@valepvh Not a problem! Let's say we have a deferred revenue adjusting entry to make, for example. Let's say on 1/1/2019, we sell a 2 -year magazine subscription and collect $1,000 up front. Since we did not perform the service yet, we have to initially record this as a liability account called deferred revenue. This entry would be a debit to cash for $1,000 (we obtain cash) and a credit to deferred revenue for $1,000 (the obligation to perform the service increased). Then let's say we make our adjusting entry on 12/31/19 (about 1 year later). We have performed 1 year of the service out of the 2 years that we promised. This journal entry would be a debit to deferred revenue for $500 (this decreases deferred revenue because we performed half of the $1,000 service which if $500) and we credit revenue for $500 (We increase our revenue because we performed half of the $1,000 service). I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any question!

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