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    PracticeACCAACCA FA — Financial Accounting Practice Exam 5Question 52
    Easy1 markMultiple Choice
    Recording Transactions: Accruals and PrepaymentsPrepaymentsJournalsDouble-entry

    ACCA · Question 52 · Recording Transactions: Accruals and Prepayments

    Section B - Case 2: Single Entity Accounts

    Scenario: AquaHarvest Marine Farms
    AquaHarvest prepares its financial statements for the year ended 30 September 20X6. The draft profit before adjustments is $120,000.
    Issue 1: A payment for marine insurance of $6,000 for the year ending 31 December 20X6 was recorded entirely as an expense in the P&L.
    Issue 2: Depreciation on harvesting equipment (Cost $80,000, Acc Dep $30,000) needs to be charged at 20% reducing balance.
    Issue 3: A customer went bankrupt owing $2,500. This needs to be written off.
    Issue 4: A suspense account has a $4,500 Credit balance because a cash receipt of $4,500 from a credit customer was only recorded in the cash book.

    What is the correct journal entry to record the insurance prepayment?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Debit Insurance Expense $1,500, Credit Prepayments $1,500

    B.

    Debit Prepayments $1,500, Credit Insurance Expense $1,500

    C.

    Debit Prepayments $4,500, Credit Insurance Expense $4,500

    D.

    Debit Insurance Expense $4,500, Credit Bank $4,500

    How to approach this question

    A prepayment is an asset (Debit). Creating it reduces the expense for the year (Credit).

    Full Answer

    B.Debit Prepayments $1,500, Credit Insurance Expense $1,500✓ Correct
    The entire $6,000 was recorded as an expense. To adjust this, we must remove the prepaid portion ($1,500) from the expense account (Credit) and recognize it as a current asset (Debit Prepayments).

    Common mistakes

    Reversing the debit and credit, or using the wrong amount.
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