Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (5th Edition)

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Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura

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Chapter 3, Problem 3.32E

Understanding the alternative treatment of unearned revenues

At the beginning of the year, Dapper Advertising owed customers $2,400 for unearned revenue collected in advance. During the year, Dapper received advance cash receipts of $7,500 and earned $15,000 of service revenue (exclusive of any amount earned from advance payments). At year-end, the liability for unearned revenue is $2,600 and unadjusted service revenue is $ 15,000.

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1. Record the adjusting entry assuming that Dapper records the cash receipt of unearned revenue by initially crediting a liability account. Post the adjusting entry to the Unearned Revenue and Service Revenue T-accounts. Make sure to include the beginning balance and additional unearned revenue in the Unearned Revenue T-account.
2. Record the adjusting entry assuming that Dapper records the cash receipt of unearned revenue by initially crediting a revenue account. Post the adjusting entry to the Unearned Revenue and Service Revenue T-accounts. Make sure to include the beginning balance in the Unearned Revenue T-account and the additional unearned revenue in the Service Revenue T-account.
3. Compare the ending balances of the T-accounts under both approaches. Are they the same?

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