Refugees are us (RAU) is a not-for-profit organization that assists refugees with various services including language and cultural training, transportation, a food bank, and translation services. Some selected transactions for RAU are presented below. a. RAU received a $500,000 cheque from a local radio station. The letter that came with the donation says that it can be used by RAU on whatever needs are most urgent. b. RAU received a $150,000 donation from the Literacy Fund for a new homework assistance project. The project is expected to start in a few months. c. RAU received a $100,000 endowment contribution from Dr. Hook for a scholarship d. RAU received a donation of 4000 student desks for its homework assistance project from City Office Supplies Ltd. The student desks are valued at $150,000 and are expected to last 12 years. e. The city donated a tract of land, valued at $500,000 to RAU which plans to raise funds to contract a new center on the land. f. Assume that the homework assistance project is underway. The $150,000 in part b. has been spent on materials and a part-time instructor. g. Assume that at the end of the year, the endowment contribution in part c, earned $2,500 in interest. Dr. Hook had specified that the interest must be spent on future scholarships. RAU will wait until there is at least $10,000 in accumulated interest before distributing any scholarships. h. At the end of the year, RAU records depreciation on the student desks using the straight-line method. Required: Prepare the journal entries to record the above transactions on RAU's books using a. the deferral method, and b. the restricted fund method. Refugees are us (RAU) is a not-for-profit organization that assists refugees with various services including language and cultural training, transportation, a food bank, and translation services. Some selected transactions for RAU are presented below. a. RAU received a $500,000 cheque from a local radio station. The letter that came with the donation says that it can be used by RAU on whatever needs are most urgent. b. RAU received a $150,000 donation from the Literacy Fund for a new homework assistance project. The project is expected to start in a few months. c. RAU received a $100,000 endowment contribution from Dr. Hook for a scholarship d. RAU received a donation of 4000 student desks for its homework assistance project from City Office Supplies Ltd. The student desks are valued at $150,000 and are expected to last 12 years. e. The city donated a tract of land, valued at $500,000 to RAU which plans to raise funds to contract a new center on the land. f. Assume that the homework assistance project is underway. The $150,000 in part b. has been spent on materials and a part-time instructor. g. Assume that at the end of the year, the endowment contribution in part c, earned $2,500 in interest. Dr. Hook had specified that the interest must be spent on future scholarships. RAU will wait until there is at least $10,000 in accumulated interest before distributing any scholarships. h. At the end of the year, RAU records depreciation on the student desks using the straight-line method. Required: Prepare the journal entries to record the above transactions on RAU's books using a. the deferral method, and b. the restricted fund method
