Since 1970, Super Rise, Incorporated, has provided maintenance services for elevators. On January 1, Super Rise obtains a contract to maintain an elevator in a 90-story building in New York City for 10 mo and receives a fixed payment of $83,000. The contract specifies that Super Rise will receive an additi $41,500 at the end of the 10 months if there is no unexpected delay, stoppage, or accident during the Super Rise estimates variable consideration to be the most likely amount it will receive. Required: 1. Assume that Super Rise anticipates it will earn the performance bonus, but is highly uncertain abo estimate given unfamiliarity with the building and uncertainty about its access to the elevators and related equipment. Prepare the journal entry Super Rise would record on January 1.
Since 1970, Super Rise, Incorporated, has provided maintenance services for elevators. On January 1, Super Rise obtains a contract to maintain an elevator in a 90-story building in New York City for 10 mo and receives a fixed payment of $83,000. The contract specifies that Super Rise will receive an additi $41,500 at the end of the 10 months if there is no unexpected delay, stoppage, or accident during the Super Rise estimates variable consideration to be the most likely amount it will receive. Required: 1. Assume that Super Rise anticipates it will earn the performance bonus, but is highly uncertain abo estimate given unfamiliarity with the building and uncertainty about its access to the elevators and related equipment. Prepare the journal entry Super Rise would record on January 1.
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