How to journal a transaction like this. I purchase a machine that cost me $10000, but the seller will give me the machine on the next accounting period. as it is a machine, that can bring you future economic benefits from the next few accounting period, so it is not an expense, it is an asset. Also, it is not an revenue either. So what should I record?  So from the seller point of view, it would be: Cash 10000     Unearned revenue 10000 But in buyer view: How should I record this transaction? Machine receivable 10000? (This account should not be existed, it should be wrong.)                                    Cash 10000

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How to journal a transaction like this.

I purchase a machine that cost me $10000, but the seller will give me the machine on the next accounting period.

as it is a machine, that can bring you future economic benefits from the next few accounting period, so it is not an expense, it is an asset. Also, it is not an revenue either. So what should I record? 

So from the seller point of view, it would be:

Cash 10000

    Unearned revenue 10000

But in buyer view:

How should I record this transaction?

Machine receivable 10000? (This account should not be existed, it should be wrong.)

                                   Cash 10000

 

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