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What is accrued expense?


In this topic, we will the Accrued expenses and accured income because both they are opposite to each other and easy to understand

Every person who belongs to the accounting filed listen a word accrued expenses and if someoneask about this you feel really same why I don't know about this question for here is the answer of your question what is accrued expense.

Accrued expenditure is the expenditure that has been incurred but not yet paid.

The expenditure should be recorded in the accounting period in which it is spent.Therefore, the accrued expenditure should be identified in the accounting period in which it is compared to the following period in which this payment will be made.

Since the expense will be debited to record the derivative expenditure, the credit payout should be made in the account for the same amount.

Journal Entry For Accrued expense

you are ABC company and you have received a telephone expense bill of $100 on 25 on Dec but it will be payable on 3rd of Jan and so you have to close your account and you have to count that expenses in Dec so that time you have to create a journal entry for the accrued expense

At the time of expense is occurred

Expense account Debit $100

Accrued expense Credit $100

Meaning of this entry: This entry means we booked the expense in that period

At the payment of Expense

Accrued expense Debit $100

Bank Credit $100

Meaning of this entry: At the time of payment of expense we will create this entry

So if understand the concept of accrued expense then you can easily understand the accrued income because accrued income is just opposite of accrued expense

Accrued income is the income which is earned but did not receive

we have to do the accounting entry for accrued income because in accounting period we have earned an income but we did not receive.

Jurnal Entry for Accrued income

Journal Entry For Accrued expense

you are ABC company and you have received a telephone expense bill of $100 on 2 5 on Dec but it will be payable on 3rd of Jan and so you have to close your account and you have to count that expenses in Dec so that time you have to create a journal entry for the accrued expense

At the time of expense is occurred

Expense account Debit $100

Accrued expense Credit $100

Meaning of this entry: This entry means we booked the expense in that period

At the payment of Expense

Accrued expense Debit $100

Bank Credit $100

Meaning of this entry: At the time of payment of expense we will create this entry

So if understand the concept of accrued expense then you can easily understand the accrued income because accrued income is just opposite of accrued expense

Accrued income is the income which is earned but did not receive

we have to do the accounting entry for accrued income because in accounting period we have earned an income but we did not receive.

Jurnal Entry for Accrued income

you are ABC company and you have earned a interest of $100 on 25 on Dec but it will be Receivable on 3rd of Jan and so you have to close your account and you have to count that expenses in Dec so that time you have to create a journal entry for the accrued expense

At the time of income is occurred

Accrued income Debit $100

Interest Credit $100

At the time receipt of Income

Bank Debit $100

Accrued Income Credit $100

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