Question

Chow Publications Inc. is a publicly traded media company focused on products for the home chef market. The company publishes a monthly magazine that can be purchased at newsstands and is available for annual subscriptions (either paper copy or digital copy). Chow Publications sells annual subscriptions for S50 (paper copies) or $40 (digital copies). Subscriptions are paid in advance and are non-cancellable. Chow sold for cash 1 15,000 subscriptions on December 1, 2020, of which 30% were digital subscriptions. Single issues can be purchased on newsstands. Chow Publications uses various magazine distributors across Canada to rack it at newsstands, charging the newstands $5 per copy Normally 25,000 copies are sent out each month, with 15% of these being returned unsold. Of the 25,000 magazines sent out in December 2020, all were sold on account, and none of the returned magazines are expected to be resold and, as a result, are sent to recycling. Unsold nagazines are returned by newstands in the following month.
Required
a. Determine how much revenue Chow Publications would be able to recognize in December 2020. Use the five-step model for revenuc recognition in preparing your responsc. Round the per magazine price to three decimal places. ic. S4.965
b. Prepare the required summary journal entries for the contract based on your analysis in part "a."

Answer 1

Answer:

A. $575,415.67

B.

Dr Cash $575,415.67

Cr Revenue from sales $575,415.67

Explanation:

Chow Publications Inc

A.

Revenue recognition it stated that a five step model is been developed to help recognized the revenue from sale of goods and service to customer which is why revenue should be recognized by

1. Identify the contract with customer in which both the seller and buyer are agreed for the contract and must know their rights and obligation in the contracts.

2. Obligation of performance in contract : In above contract the seller know that he has to deliver the content of magazine and the buyer as well know the price for such goods.

The $ 115,000 subscription received are:

$80,500 for paper form and $34500 for digital form and $25,000 copied are been sold out at news stands.

3. Determine the transaction price in which $50 is for the paper copy and $40 is for the digital copy and $ 5 is for copy which is sold at news Stands.

4. Allocation of transaction price to performance obligation will be by calculating the revenue from the transaction and by applying the rate of performance obligation which is why the Total revenue was $ 575,416.67.

5. Recognizing the revenue in the books occured in a situation where the risk and rewards which relate to the ownership of the goods has been passed which led to the customer been satisfied which inturn means that there is no uncertainty regarding the creation of performance obligation on buyer.

Chow Publications Inc

A.

Total Revenue

Online subscription

Paper form $335,415.67

Online form $115,000.00

$450,415.67

Add Copy at News Stand $125,000

Total $575,415.67

B. Journal entry

Dr Cash $575,415.67

Cr Revenue from sales $575,415.67

Monthly share in Annual Revenue

Annual rate Monthly rate

Paper form $50 4.17

Digital rate $40 3.33

Distribution of subscription total received $115,000

Paper rate 70% ×$115,000

= $80,500

Digital rate 30% ×115,000

= $34,500