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<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Example: Venue hire'''''</span> | :<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Example: Venue hire'''''</span> | ||
We book a venue for a function. | :We book a venue for a function. | ||
And pay 50% of the hire fee in advance. | :And pay 50% of the hire fee in advance. | ||
The 50% paid in advance is an ASSET for us. | :The 50% paid in advance is an ASSET for us. | ||
We are going to enjoy the use of the venue in future, but it has already been paid for. | :We are going to enjoy the use of the venue in future, but it has already been paid for. | ||
So the 50% already paid represents a future economic benefit. | :So the 50% already paid represents a future economic benefit. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:50, 2 January 2021
1. Banking.
The non-contractual early repayment by bank customers of, for example, fixed rate mortgages.
2. Accounting.
An amount paid in advance for a financial benefit, represented by an asset in the organisation's balance sheet.
It is a prepaid expense.
- Example: Venue hire
- We book a venue for a function.
- And pay 50% of the hire fee in advance.
- The 50% paid in advance is an ASSET for us.
- We are going to enjoy the use of the venue in future, but it has already been paid for.
- So the 50% already paid represents a future economic benefit.
