Question

For each separate case below, follow the three-step process for adjusting the unearned revenue liability account at December 31.
Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals.
Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal.
Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2.
Assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year.
a) The Krug Company collected $9,000 rent in advance on November 1, debiting Cash and crediting Unearned Rent Revenue. The tenant was paying 12 months' rent in advance and occupancy began November 1.
Unearned rent revenue
Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals.
Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal.
Step 3. Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2.
b) The company charges $100 per month to spray a house for insects. A customer paid $400 on October 1 in advance for four treatments, which was recorded with a debit to Cash and a credit to Unearned Services Revenue. At year-end, the company has applied three treatments for the customer.
Unearned services revenue
Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals.
Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal
Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2.
c) On September 1, a client paid the company $30,000 cash for six months of rent in advance (the client leased a building and took occupancy immediately). The company recorded the cash as Unearned Rent Revenue
Unearned rent revenue
Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals
Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal.
Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step 1) The current balance equals to $ 9000

Step 2)The current balance should equal to (9000/12 * 10) $ 7500

Step 3) the adjusting entry would be

Dec 31              Unearned Revenue          $ 1500 (dr)

                              Revenue Earned                                     $ 1500 (Cr)

Step 1) The current balance equals to $ 400.

Step 2) The current balance should equal $ 100

Step 3) The adjusting entry would be

Dec 31             Unearned Services Revenue    $ 300 (dr)

                                Services Revenue  Earned                     $ 300 (Cr)

Step 1) The current balance equals to $ 3000.

Step 2) The current balance should equal ( $ 30,000/12 *4= $ 10,000) $ 30,000- $ 10,000= $ 20,000

Step 3) The adjusting entry would be

Dec 31             Unearned Rent Revenue    $ 10,000 (Dr)

                                  Rent Revenue  Earned                      $ 10,000 (Cr)