Question

On January 1, the Sleepy Monk Coffee Shop paid $15,000 for a full year of rent beginning on January 1. The rent payment was appropriately recorded in the Cash and Prepaid Rent accounts. If financial statements are prepared on January 31, the journal entry to record the adjustment would be:

Answer 1

If financial statements are prepared on January 31, the journal entry to record the adjustment would be debit rent expense and credit prepaid rent for $1,250

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the given data the rent has been expired for one month so only one month's rent expense will be recorded. Therefore to calculate one month's rent expense we have to make the following calculation:

one month's rent=Total rent/period for which rent is paid*1

one month's rent=$15,000/12*1

one month's rent=$1,250

Therefore, If financial statements are prepared on January 31, the journal entry to record the adjustment would be debit rent expense and credit prepaid rent for $1,250