As Prepaid Expenses Expire with the Passage of Time the Correct

question 17

Multiple Choice

As prepaid expenses expire with the passage of time the correct adjusting entry will be a

• A) debit to an asset account and a credit to an expense account.
• B) debit to an expense account and a credit to an asset account.
• C) debit to an asset account and a credit to an asset account.
• D) debit to an expense account and a credit to an expense account.

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Definitions:

Annual Interest Rate

The percentage increase in money owed or invested over a year, due to interest.

Amortize

The process of gradually paying off a debt or spreading the cost of an intangible asset over its useful life for accounting and tax purposes.

Equal End-of-Year

A term referring to payments or allocations that are made uniformly at the end of each year.

Effective Annual Rate

The effective annual rate (EAR) is the interest rate on a financial product restated from nominal terms into an annualized rate accounting for compounding over a period.