Question

Season tickets for the Dingos are priced at $340 and include 17 home games. An equal amount of revenue is recognized after each game is played. When the season began, the amount credited to Unearned Ticket Revenue was $1,819,000. By the end of October, $1,284,000 of the Unearned Ticket Revenue had been recognized as revenue.
Required:
a. How many season tickets did the Dingos sell?
b. How many home games had the Dingos played by the end of October?
c. Prepare the entry to recognize the revenue after the first home game had been played.

Answer 1

Answer:

Season tickets sold = $1,819,000 / $340

Season tickets sold = 5,350 tickets

Games played by the end of October = [$1,284,000 / ($1,819,000 / 17 games)]

Games played by the end of October = $1,284,000 / 107,000

Games played by the end of October = 12 games

Journal Entry to record initial sale of ticket

Accounts title                            Debit             Credit

Cash                                      $1,819,000

Unearned Ticket revenue                          $1,819,000

Journal Entry to record first home game revenue

Accounts title                            Debit         Credit

Unearned Ticket revenue    $107,000  

Ticket revenue (earned)                          $107,000