ACCT 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deferral, Financial Statement

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Adjusting entries for deferrals: to defer means to postpone or delay. Deferrals are expenses or revenues that are recognized at a date later than the point when cash was originally exchanged. The two types of deferrals are prepaid expenses and unearned revenues. Examples of common prepayments are insurance, supplies, advertising, and rent. In addition, companies make prepayments when they purchase buildings and equipment: prepaid expenses are costs that expire either with the passage of time (e. g. , rent and insurance) or through use (e. g. , supplies). The expiration of these costs does not require daily entries, which would be impractical and unnecessary: accordingly, companies postpone the recognition of such cost expirations until they prepare financial statements. At each statement date, they make adjusting entries to record the expenses applicable to the current accounting period and to show the remaining amounts in the asset accounts: prior to adjustment, assets are overstated and expenses are understated.

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