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Ch. 3 - Accrual Accounting ConceptsWorksheetSee all chapters
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Ch. 1 - Introduction to Accounting
Ch. 2 - Transaction Analysis
Ch. 3 - Accrual Accounting Concepts
Ch. 4 - Merchandising Operations
Ch. 5 - Inventory
Ch. 6 - Internal Controls and Reporting Cash
Ch. 7 - Receivables and Investments
Ch. 8 - Long Lived Assets
Ch. 9 - Current Liabilities
Ch. 10 - Time Value of Money
Ch. 11 - Long Term Liabilities
Ch. 12 - Stockholders' Equity
Ch. 13 - Statement of Cash Flows
Ch. 14 - Financial Statement Analysis
Ch. 15 - GAAP vs IFRS
Sometimes customers pay us before we deliver any goods or services. These payments are Unearned Revenues. Unearned Revenues are also called Deferred Revenues.

Concept #1: Adjusting Journal Entries: Unearned Revenue (Accrual Accounting Method)

Concept #2: Adjusting Entries: Unearned Revenue (Cash Basis to Accrual Method)

Practice: In May, the Party Company received $4,000 as a deposit for a party that was occurring in November. In October, the Party Company received a $5,000 deposit for a party occurring in February of the following year. The company recorded both of these payments into the Unearned Revenue account and did not adjust the account after recording the payments. The adjusting entry at December 31 would include: