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For each separate case below, follow the three-step process for adjusting the accrued revenue account at December 31. Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Assume no other
a. Accounts Receivable. At year-end, the L. Cole Company has completed services of $19,000 for a client, but the client has not yet been billed for those services.
b. Interest Receivable. At year-end, the company has earned, but not yet recorded, $390 of interest earned from its investments in government bonds.
C. Accounts Receivable. A painting company bills customers when jobs are complete. The work for one job has been completed, and the customer has been billed $1,300 but has not yet paid. Page no 110
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