Question

On July 1 Olive Co. paid $7,500 cash for management services to be performed over a two-year period. Olive follows a policy of recording all prepaid expenses to asset accounts at the time of cash payment. On July 1 Olive should record:

Answer 1

Answer:

The journal entry to record this should be:;

July 1, Year 202x, cash received as deferred revenue

Dr Cash 7,500

    Cr Deferred revenue 7,500

Explanation:

Accrual accounting states that both revenues and expenses must be recorded during the periods that they actually occur, and not necessarily when any cash transfer is associated to them.

In this case, the adjusting entry for accrued revenue on December 31 should be:

December 31, year 202x, accrued revenue

Dr Deferred revenue 1,875

    Cr Service revenue 1,875