How to input Prepaid Rent into a trial balance, with the value already in the initial Rent Expense balance?
I am working on Homework for an Accounting class, and I am stumped on how to properly input some information to the trial balance sheet.
According to the problem, I need to make the following adjustment:
D) Included in the rent expenses of $30,000 is $1,200 that is prepaid
The Trial Balance sheet has $30,000 in the left Trial Balance column, labeled Rent Expenses.
According to the instruction, Net Income should be $37,902.
If I debit $1,200 from Rent Expenses and credit $1,200 to Prepaid Rent (which I labeled "d" on the spreadsheet), the Net Income is off by $1,200. Since this is the only input that is $1,200, I assume that the problem is with Rent Expense or Prepaid Rent.
Maybe I am overthinking it, but I am stumped on what I am doing wrong. Any advice would be appreciated.