Since 1970, Super Rise. Inc., has provided maintenance services for elevators. O
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Question
Since 1970, Super Rise. Inc., has provided maintenance services for elevators. On January 1, 2016, Super Rise obtains a contract to maintain an elevator in a 90-story building in New York City for 10 months and receives a fixed payment of Dollar 95,000. The contract specifies that Super Rise will receive an additional Dollar 47,500 at the end of the 10 months if there is no unexpected delay, stoppage, or accident during the year. Super Rise estimates variable consideration to be the most likely amount it will receive. Required: Assume that, because the building sees a constant flux of people throughout the day, Super Rise is allowed to access the elevators and related mechanical equipment only between 3am and 5am on any given day, which is insufficient to perform some of the more time-consuming repair work. As a result, Super Rise believes that unexpected delays are likely and that it will not earn the bonus. Prepare the journal entry Super Rise would record on January 1. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)Explanation / Answer
Journal entry on jan 1.
Date General journal debit Credit Jan 1 cash 95000 Deferred revenue 95000