Question

Let’s return to Tenisa and Randolf Singh and their retail and decorating business, Comfy Home.Comfy Home is a retail business selling a broad range of homeware, kitchen, and electrical appliances to consumers and small businesses. In addition to the home and kitchen appliances, Comfy Home makes and sells home decorating items including artisanal candles and holiday arrangements. The company has two stores located in the small city of Warmtown, USA. Its downtown store offers decorating services to the banks and small businesses in the vicinity. Tenisa Singh handles the candle making and decorating side of the business while Randolf Singh managers the stores. The business is wholly owned by Tenisa and Randolf Singh and was started by the couple in 2014.
As part of Comfy Home’sprepaid assets, there is a yearly insurance premium of $12,000. The new year has begun and Comfy Home’s accountant is preparing journal entries for the month of January. She has learned from Randolf that the insurance premium for this year is the same as for last year and was paid in cash on January 2, 2018 for the new year. What are the journal entries that the accountant will make at the end of the month of January to reflect the activity(ies) related to Comfy Home’s insurance?

Answer 1

Answer:

Comfy Home

Journal Entries:

Date      Account Title             Debit    Credit

Jan. 31  Insurance Expense   $1,000

            Prepaid Insurance                  $1,000

To record the insurance expense for January.

Previously:

Jan. 2  Prepaid Insurance   $12,000

           Cash                                      $12,000

To record the prepayment for insurance premium.

Explanation:

Insurance Expense for each month is calculated as Prepaid Insurance/Period of prepayment.  This is equal to $12,000/12 = $1,000. This implies that every month's account will be debited with $1,000 for Insurance Expense, while the Prepaid Insurance (asset) is credited to account for the use of the asset for the period (month).  For January's balance sheet, the Prepaid Insurance balance will be $11,000 ($12,000 - $1,000).