DE3-11 Write a paragraph to explain why unearned revenues are liabilities rather than revenues. In your explanation,

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DE3-11 Write a paragraph to explain why unearned revenues are liabilities rather than revenues. In your explanation, use the following actual example: Southern Living Magazine collects cash from subscribers in advance and later mails the magazines to subscribers over a one-year period. Explain what happens to the unearned subscription revenue over the course of a year as Southern Living mails the magazines to subscribers. Where (into what account) does the unearned subscription revenue go as Southern Living mails magazines to sub- scribers? Give the adjusting entry that Southern Living makes to record the earning of $20,000 of Subscription Revenue. Include an explanation for the entry, as illustrated in the chapter.

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Accounting

ISBN: 9780130906991

5th Edition

Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Walter T. Harrison, Linda S. Bamber, Betsy Willis, Becky Jones

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