On April 1, Otisco, Inc. paid Garcia Publishing Company $1,548 for 36-month subscriptions to several different magazines. Otisco debited the prepayment to a Prepaid Subscriptions account, and the subscriptions started immediately. What adjusting entry should be made by Otisco, Inc. for the adjustment on December 31 of the first year assuming the company is using a calendar-year reporting period and no previous adjustments had been made?

advertizing expense 387 debit

    prepaid expense       387 credit

--to record expired advertizing at year-end ---

Explanation:

1,548 is the value of 36 months

from April to December 31th 9 months has expired thus:

1,548 x 9/36 = 387 expired advertizing

we will decrease our prepaid and post the advertizing expense for the expired amount

the prepaid is considered an asset as we have the right to receive advertize of our product and brand for the term of the contract thus, to decrease it we credit

the expense as decrease our equity will be debited