White Water Adventure is a travel adventure business that operates from about April to October each year.

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White Water Adventure is a travel adventure business that operates from about April to October each year. The company has an outstanding reputation for the quality of its tours and as a result pre-books customers a full year in advance. Customers must pay 40% at the time of booking and the balance on the completion date of the job. White Water records the 40% cash advance received from customers in the Unearned Revenues account.

The December 31, 2020, balance sheet shows Unearned Revenues totalling $329,000. During 2021, $384,000 of cash was collected in total from customers: $264,000 regarding completed tours during the year for customers who paid 40% down in 2020, and the balance representing the 40% prepayments for work to be done in 2022.


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1. Prepare the entry to record the collection of cash in 2021.

2. Determine the balance in Unearned Revenue at December 31, 2021.

Analysis Component: What would the impact be on the financial statement at year-end each year if White Water did not record the unearned revenues? What ratio would be affected?

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Fundamental Accounting Principles Volume II

ISBN: 978-1260305838

16th Canadian edition

Authors: Kermit Larson, Tilly Jensen, Heidi Dieckmann

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