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Accruals Help!

  • 15-07-2014 2:50pm
    #1
    cd1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭


    Hi,

    I have a quick query about accruals. I am going through the accounts since the start of the year. I have fixed all prepayments and am now moving on to accruals. I am clear on the process of the prepayments, but not completely sure of the accrual.

    My first Invoice from the start of the year is a phone bill which half relates to Dec 2013, I will leave this as it relates to the previous financial year. I am looking in February to see what invoices have a January cost in them. For example I have a mobile bill dated 07/02/2014 which more than half relates to January 2014. Should I post an accrual in January for this amount and reverse the journal in February? The bill covers Jan/Feb but was paid in March. Does the fact it was paid in March mean I have to post an accrual in Feb also or is January the only journal I need to post?

    Also I have an Electricity bill dated 30/04/2014 – should I go back to Feb and post the amount related to Feb in an accrual and do the same for March and reverse in April?

    Going forward then from June onwards, do I try estimate what the cost may be as I can’t really continue to change month end accounts?

    Thanks in advance for your help!!


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  • #2
    Maidhci
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭Maidhci


    In respect of what period are you currently preparing accounts? I presume you have already prepared accounts for the previous 5 months and if so, presumably, you do not wish to revise these??


  • #3
    cd1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭cd1985


    Hi Maidhci,

    Thanks a mil for your reply. I have completed the month end accounts but want to go back and account for accruals. If I could just get my head around this I could go back and fix the past months and do it for all future months

    Thanks


  • #4
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,475 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    cd1985 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have a quick query about accruals. I am going through the accounts since the start of the year. I have fixed all prepayments and am now moving on to accruals. I am clear on the process of the prepayments, but not completely sure of the accrual.

    My first Invoice from the start of the year is a phone bill which half relates to Dec 2013, I will leave this as it relates to the previous financial year. I am looking in February to see what invoices have a January cost in them. For example I have a mobile bill dated 07/02/2014 which more than half relates to January 2014. Should I post an accrual in January for this amount and reverse the journal in February? The bill covers Jan/Feb but was paid in March. Does the fact it was paid in March mean I have to post an accrual in Feb also or is January the only journal I need to post?

    Also I have an Electricity bill dated 30/04/2014 – should I go back to Feb and post the amount related to Feb in an accrual and do the same for March and reverse in April?

    Going forward then from June onwards, do I try estimate what the cost may be as I can’t really continue to change month end accounts?

    Thanks in advance for your help!!

    accruals arent complex, you are making an estimate for a cost related to that month for which you havent yet received an invoice.

    So for example, you have no june phone bill, but its normally around €50, you accrue 50 in june, your p&l is charged 50 and when the actual invoice comes in in July you reverse the accrual. Any difference between the accrual and the actual charge impacts the P&L in July.


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