Write a paragraph to explain why unearned revenues are liabilities rather than revenues. In your explanation, use
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Write a paragraph to explain why unearned revenues are liabilities rather than revenues. In your explanation, use the following actual example: Maclean's 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 the magazines are mailed to subscribers. Into what other account does the unearned subscription revenue go? Give the adjusting entry that Maclean's would make to record earning $75,000 of subscription revenue. Include an explanation for the entry.
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Horngrens Accounting
ISBN: 978-0133855371
10th Canadian edition Volume 1
Authors: Tracie L. Miller Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura, Carol A. Meissner, Jo Ann L. Johnston, Peter R. Norwood