Topic: You are a teacher for introductory financial accounting. You tell your students "Recording adjusting entries is a critical step in the accounting cycle, and the two major classifications of adjusting entries are prepayments and accruals". Chris, one of the students in the class, says, "I don't understand".

Required:

1. When do prepayments occur? When do accruals occur? 2. Describe the appropriate adjusting entry for (a) prepaid expenses, (c) deferred revenues. 3. What is the effect on (a) net income (b) assets (c) liabilities (d) stockholders' equity of not recording a required adjusting entry for prepayments? For each item, indicate clearly whether the effect will be an Increase, a Decrease, or No Effect. Please present your answers using the template below. I have done Net income as an example.

Item Increase Decrease No Effect Net income x Assets Liabilities Stockholders' Equity

4. Describe the appropriate adjusting entry for (a) accrued expenses (c) accrued revenues. 5. What is the effect on (a) net income (b) assets (c) liabilities (d) stockholders' equity of not recording a required adjusting entry for accruals? For each item, clearly indicate whether the effect will be an Increase, a Decrease, or No Effect. Please present your answers using the template below.

Item Increase Decrease No Effect Net income Assets Liabilities Stockholders' Equity