Question:
If the company has not yet recorded its performance of $200 of services to a customer who had paid in advance, the company should record an adjusting entry that
Answer:
Debit unearned revenue 200
Credit service revenue 200
Explanation:
As the customer pay the service in advance it put the company in a position of being force to perform this job thus; an oblgiation, a liability. It is not a gain until we perform the jobs.
The jobs are now performed therefore, we can now recognize the gain. We decrease the unearned revenue account like any liaiblity: we debited
and we increase our service revenue on credit side.