In this video, we show how to prepare a prepaid subscription amortization schedule in Excel and recognize prepaid expenses under accrual accounting. This video continues Part 1, where we explain when a prepaid subscription becomes an expense, and leads into Part 3, which covers journal entries and the full adjustment process.
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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Example
02:10 Schedule 1: 12-Month Prepaid Subscription Amortization
07:38 Schedule 2: Installment Payments and Expense Recognition
10:10 Updating the Amortization Schedule
11:17 Recommended playlists and videos
The textbooks used in this video: Financial Accounting, Jan R. Williams. Publisher: McGraw-Hill. Survey of Accounting, Carl S. Warren. Publisher: Cengage Learning.
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