How do you record outstanding expenses in accounting?

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Outstanding expenses are considered as current liabilities in accounting and are recorded as follows:

In the balance sheet it is placed under the head of Current Liabilities and in the Trading and Profit and Loss statement it is added to the respective expense account.

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(Outstanding Expenses and Prepaid Expenses)

From the following information supplied to you, prepare Income and Expenditure Account for the year ending on 31/03/2013 and Balance Sheet as on that date for Suryodaya Club, Nasik.

Balance Sheet as on 01/04/2012
Liabilities	Amount Rs	Assets	Amount Rs
Capital Fund	50,000	Land	60,000
Bank Overdraft	35,000	Outstanding Subscriptions	5,000
Outstanding Salary	2,000	Prepaid Insurance Premium	2,500
		Cash in Hand	9,500
		Furniture	10,000
	87,000		87,000

Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending 31.03.2013
Dr.					Cr.
Receipts	Amount Rs	Payments		Amount Rs
To Balance b/d	9,500	By Bank Overdraft (Repaid)		35,000
To Subscription	95,000	By Salary		12,500
To Admission Fees	7,500	By Insurance Premium		8,000
		By Interest		1,700
		By Miscellaneous Expenses		4,400
		By Furniture		20,000
		By Balance c/d
		Cash in Hand	5,400
		Cash at Bank	25,000	30,400
	1,12,000			1,12,000