Question

McKinnon Enterprises owns a professional ice hockey team, the Rockford Penguins. The company sells season tickets for its upcoming season and receives $960,000 cash. The season starts January 1, 2018, with five home games occurring monthly over the next six months. What is the balance in the company's deferred revenue account at the end of april 2018

Answer 1

$320,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the season starts in January and lasts until June, by April 30 the balance of the deferred revenue (or unearned revenue account) would be = $960,000 - {($960,000 / 6) x 4} = $960,000 - $640,000 = $320,000

The journal entries should be:

Accumulated tickets until December 31

Dr Cash 960,000

Cr Deferred (Unearned) revenue 960,000

By April 30th, the adjusting entry should be:

Dr Deferred (Unearned) revenue 640,000

Cr Ticket revenue 640,000