A debate is going inside the top management team of Pretty Company. The chief executive officer (CEO) is preparing to take the companys financial statements
A debate is going inside the top management team of Pretty Company. The chief executive officer (CEO) is preparing to take the companys financial statements to a group of private investors in order to raise additional equity financing for the company. The CEO has prepared an income statement which the controller (the head accountant) says is wrong. The controller claims that the CEO has forgotten to report interest expense on a loan Pretty got last year. The CEO claims that no interest expense should be reported because the interest wont be paid in cash until next year. To illustrate the concept of accrual accounting, which is the concept that must be used under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the controller is preparing to show the CEO the ADJUSTING entries Pretty is required to make under GAAP. On May 1, Pretty Company borrowed cash under a one-year loan agreement. The annual interest rate is 3%. As of the end of the year, no entry has yet been made to record the accrued interest on the loan. Which debit or credit is correctly included in the ADJUSTING journal entry necessary on December 31 on Pretty's books (the BORROWER) to record the unpaid interest? a. CREDIT to Interest Payable b. CREDIT to Interest Revenue c. DEBIT to Interest Payable d. CREDIT to Interest Expense e. DEBIT to Interest Revenue
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