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Do prepaid salaries come under trading account or profit and loss account or balance sheet?

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Question added by Husna Tajalli
Date Posted: 2016/03/15
Mustafa Khan
by Mustafa Khan , Accountant , Saudi Aljabr Talke Co. Ltd.

Prepaid is an asset account so it goes to balance sheet but at month end you need to expense it in profit & loss

PREPAID SALARY COME UNDER ONLY BALANCE SHEET NO NEED TO SHOW OR ADD THE P&L A/C NO NEED TO AFFECT CURRENT YEAR PROFITS

PREPAID SALARY/EXP           Dr.

EXP.PAYABLE /SUNDRY Cr      Cr.

Prasanth Kunder
by Prasanth Kunder , Senior Accountant , Fast Solutions Contracting and Engineering LLC

IT SOULD COME IN THE BALANCE SHEET

Thajudheen Mohamed Nalakatharakkal
by Thajudheen Mohamed Nalakatharakkal , Chief Accountant , Luluva Supermarket

We can treat as a current asset under balance sheet.

Visal Joseph
by Visal Joseph , Tax Manager , Al Mizan Tax Consultants L.L.C

It will shown only in balance sheet under the head Current Asset

Prepaid Salaries are part of Administrative expense therefore non operating expense. This is shown as a Current Asset account in the Balance Sheet.

Abdul Jaleel Hasan
by Abdul Jaleel Hasan , Director Finance & Accounts / Company Secretary , Association for Academic Quality (AFAQ)

Prepaid Salary is an asset, hence it should be classified as current assets on assets side of Balance Sheet

Imran Bhatti
by Imran Bhatti , Accounts Executive , Road Prince

it comes under current assets in balance sheet.

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