Question

Sarjit Systems sold software to a customer for $176,000. As part of the contract, Sarjit promises to provide "free" technical support over the next six months. Sarjit sells the same software without technical support for $153,000 and a stand-alone six-month technical support contract for $27,000, so these products would sell for $180,000 if sold separately. Prepare Sarjit’s journal entry to record the sale of the software. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Answer 1

Answer:

DR Cash ..............................................................$ 176,000

CR Sales Revenue................................................................$149,600

CR Deferred Revenue..........................................................$26,400

Explanation:

Revenue should only be recorded when earned and as the 6 month technical support can be sold separately, it is revenue that has not be earned yet as the 6 months have not elapsed. This will therefore need to be recorded as Deferred revenue.

Sold alone, the revenue is more than when they are sold together so use the standalone price to find out the revenue when sold together by proportionality.

Sales revenue = 153,000/180,000 * 176,000

= $149,600

Deferred Revenue = 27,000/180,000 * 176,000

= $26,400