prepaid expense ,how to treat in profit & loss a/c

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No prepaid expenses will not touch the profit & loss A/c if this will appear in trail balance, but if this prepaid expenses is additional information related to any expenses head then the said prepaid expenses amount will be less from the related expenses head from profit & loss A/c

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