Chapter 5, Problem 5.2E

Requirement -1

To determine

Rules of Debit and Credit:

Following rules are followed for debiting and crediting different accounts while they occur in business transactions:

• Debit, all increase in assets, expenses and dividends, all decrease in liabilities, revenues and stockholders’ equities.
• Credit, all increase in liabilities, revenues, and stockholders’ equities, all decrease in assets, expenses.

The revenue recognition principle:

The revenue recognition principle refers to the revenue that should be recognized in the time period, when the performance obligation (sales or services) of the company is completed.

Deferred revenues:

Collection of cash in advance to render service or to deliver goods in future is known as unearned revenues. These unearned revenues are considered as liabilities until they are earned. For the portion of rendered services or delivered goods, revenues would be recognized by way of passing an adjusting entry. Unearned revenue is also known as deferred revenues, because at the receiving of payment in advance, revenues are not recognized but deferred until they are earned.

To describe: The time of revenue recognition from the sale of it season passesfor SW Incorporation.

Requirement - 2

To determine

To prepare: The appropriate journal entries of SW Incorporation during the period November 6 to December 31.

3.

To determine

To describe: The items which are included in the balance sheet and income statement.