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Types of adjusting entries

Adjusting entries can be classified as either prepayments or accruals.

Prepayments
1) Prepaid expenses: Expenses paid is eash and recorded as assetn before they are used or consumed. prepayments offer occur in regard to insurance, supplies, advertising and rent.
2) Unearned revenues: Cash received and recorded as liabilities before revenue is earned. Such items as rent, and customer deposits for future service may result in unearned reveries.

Accruals:
1) Accrued parvenus: Revenues rarned but not yet received in cash or recorded. They may result from services that have been performed but neither billed nor collected, as in the case of commissions and been.
2) Accrued Expenses: Expenses incused but not yet paid in cash or recorded. Interest, rent, tuxes, wages and salaries can be accrued expenses.

What do you mean by adjusting entries


Adjusting entries are journal entries made at the end of the accounting period that adjust the general leadger accounts to more accurately state the revenues and expenses or the income statement for the period and the assets and liabilities on the balance sheet at the end of the period.