Because you split the insurance expense evenly for the year, you will need to record the expense each month, meaning the above journal entry will need to be recorded each month for the next twelve months. Learn more about prepaid expenses, how they impact your financial statements, and why they need to be recorded differently from regular expenses. For example, if you pay your $1,500 annual home insurance premium in one payment, then sell your house six months into the policy’s term, the insurer will have to refund the unused premium. Although providers do issue prorated refunds, you may have to wait days or weeks to receive the money. For example, you might buy a one-year magazine subscription and receive one magazine per month for 12 months. Insurance providers may allow a business to pay multiple monthly premiums in advance, in the form of one lump sum.
Payroll taxes paid by employers are rising not only to cover payouts to unemployed workers but also a state surcharge and a gradually increasing federal surtax to help pay off the principal on the debt. But the tax increases are not enough to deal with the huge loan the state has incurred, or at least not in any timely manner. The surge in unemployment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the state’s unemployment insurance trust into insolvency. And over the last year California’s joblessness has been on the upswing again, reaching 5.3% in February, the highest among all states.
This insurance is often confused with private mortgage insurance, but they are very different concepts. If you have a mortgage and your down payment is less than the average 20%, your lender will require mortgage insurance to protect them in case you default on your mortgage payments. These entries will also affect your financial statements, with your asset account (Prepaid Insurance) steadily reduced while your Insurance Expense amount will increase. Like all financial products, prepaid insurance has both advantages and disadvantages to consider. As the policy is consumed from month to month, the policy’s value for those months will be recorded as a credit, and the entries in the two columns will eventually cancel out or total zero. The most important calculation regarding prepaid insurance reflects the unexpired portion of the policy.
Prepaid insurance is recorded in the general ledger as a prepaid asset under current assets. A current asset is a financial resource that can be easily liquidated, or converted to cash, in a year or less. In contrast, a non-current or fixed asset, like real estate, cannot be easily liquidated in a year or less. The act requires companies that have more than 100 workers are required to provide 60 days of notice before a large-scale layoff.
“Throughout this legal process, the UIA worked cooperatively with the court to establish new rules and procedures so Michigan residents won’t find themselves in a similar situation in the future.” The spreadsheet would when a business pays for insurance, prepaid insurance is continue through December, displaying the amount that will need to be expensed each month. Since your mileage varies from month to month, pay-per-mile programs do not offer a prepay option, only monthly billing.