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For each separate case, record the necessary adjusting entry. a. On July 1, Lopez Company paid $1,200 for six months of insurance coverage. No adjustments have been made to the Prepaid Insurance account, and it is now December 31. Prepare the year-end adjusting entry to reflect expiration of the insurance as of December 31. b. Zim Company has a Supplies account balance of $5,000 at the beginning of the year. During the year, it purchases $2,000 of supplies. As of December 31, a physical count of supplies shows $800 of supplies available. Prepare the adjusting journal entry to correctly report the balance of the Supplies account and the Supplies Expense account as of December 31.

          For each separate case, record the necessary adjusting entry. a. On July 1, Lopez Company paid $1,200 for six months of insurance coverage. No adjustments have been made to the Prepaid Insurance account, and it is now December 31. Prepare the year-end adjusting entry to reflect expiration of the insurance as of December 31. b. Zim Company has a Supplies account balance of $5,000 at the beginning of the year. During the year, it purchases $2,000 of supplies. As of December 31, a physical count of supplies shows $800 of supplies available. Prepare the adjusting journal entry to correctly report the balance of the Supplies account and the Supplies Expense account as of December 31.
        
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For each separate case, record the necessary adjusting entry. a. On July 1, Lopez Company paid $1,200 for six months of insurance coverage. No adjustments have been made to the Prepaid Insurance account, and it is now December 31. Prepare the year-end adjusting entry to reflect expiration of the insurance as of December 31. b. Zim Company has a Supplies account balance of $5,000 at the beginning of the year. During the year, it purchases $2,000 of supplies. As of December 31, a physical count of supplies shows $800 of supplies available. Prepare the adjusting journal entry to correctly report the balance of the Supplies account and the Supplies Expense account as of December 31.
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00:01 In this question, you asked me to post a couple adjusting entries.
00:04 The first one is it said on july 1, lopez company paid 1 ,200 for six months of insurance coverage.
00:15 You've said no adjustments have made and it's now december 31.
00:20 What's the adjusting entry? well, from july 1 to december 31 is six months that have passed.
00:27 So we actually need to reverse all the six months.
00:30 You would debit insurance expense to show that you've incurred this cost over the last six months, and you would credit prepaid insurance to lower your insurance plan to show that the six months has expired.
00:51 Now let's look at your next example.
00:53 You've said that zim company has a supplies account balance of $5 ,000 at the beginning of the year...
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