Q. Explain about Prepaid insurance?

The two accounts recitations to insurance are Prepaid Insurance (an asset) and Insurance Expense (an expense). Subsequent to posting this entry the Prepaid Insurance account has a USD 2400 debit balance on 2010 December 1. The Insurance Expense account contains a zero balance on 2010 December 1 for the reason that no time has elapsed to use any of the policy's benefits.

By 2010 December 31 one month of the year enclosed by the policy has expired. Thus part of the service potential or benefit obtained from the asset has expired. The asset at this time provides less future services or benefits than when the company acquired it. We are acquainted with this reduction by treating the cost of the services received from the asset as an expense. For the Micro Train Company illustration the service received was one month of insurance coverage. Ever since the policy provides the same services for every month of its one-year life we assign an equal amount (USD 200) of cost to each month.