If Prepaid Costs Are Initially Recorded as Assets, No Adjusting

question 156

True/False

If prepaid costs are initially recorded as assets, no adjusting entries will be required in the future.

---

Definitions:

Closing Entries

Journal entries made at the end of an accounting period to transfer temporary account balances to permanent accounts.

Prepaid Insurance

An asset account that represents the amount of insurance premium payments made in advance for coverage extending beyond the current accounting period.

Adjusting Entry

Journal entries made in accounting records at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditures to the period in which they actually occurred.

Insurance Expense

The cost incurred by a company to insure its assets, operations, or liabilities over a certain period.