Businesses make advance payments for a variety of different expenses. Any expense that is paid in advance of actually receiving the benefit of the payment is considered a prepaid expense for ...

A prepaid asset is an expenditure of money in advance of when the money is due. For example, you might pay up front for a year's rent or insurance, even though the payments are due monthly. Under ...

ST. PAUL -- Year-end tax planning for calendar year 2008 is upon us, and prepaid farm expenses are one area of concern for many farm operators as they execute year-end tax planning strategies. If you ...

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