Question

Merry Maidens Cleaning generally charges $300 for a detailed cleaning of a normal-size home. However, to generate additional business, Merry Maidens is offering a new-customer discount of 10%. On May 1, Ms. E. Pearson has Merry Maidens clean her house and pays cash equal to the discounted price. Required: Record the revenue recognized by Merry Maidens Cleaning on May 1. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)

Answer 1

Answer:

The required entries relating to revenue recognized by Merry Maidens Cleaning on May 1 are:

Debit Cash [$300 x 0.9]                        $270

Credit Service revenue                         $270

(To recognize the service revenue from house cleaning)

Explanation:

Merry Maidens Cleaning offers service discount of 10% on a detailed cleaning of a normal-size home and charges $300, generally. This means, on May 1, Ms. E. Pearson was charged $270 ($300 x 0.9). Since the customer paid cash on the same date, the company would recognize it by debiting cash (for receipt of the money) and crediting revenue. Note that this does not necessarily means the company adopts the cash basis of accounting.