Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
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Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
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Chapter 3, Problem 14AE
Exercises (Group A)
E3-14A. Adjusting
Suppose you started your own landscaping business. A customer paid you $120 in advance to mow his lawn while he was on vacation. You also performed landscaping services for a local business, but the business hasn't paid you the $390 fee yet. In addition, a customer paid you $130 cash for landscaping services. Answer the following questions about the correct way to account for your revenue under accrual accounting:
- 1. Name the accounts used to record these events.
- 2. Prepare the journal entries to record the three transactions.
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