Revenue Recognition for July

Accrued accounts receivable and accrued revenue have not been calculated for the 747.50 workfile transaction that was included in the invoiced amount. The system creates this journal entry for reconciliation of the revenue recognition amounts:

G/L Date

Account

Debit

Credit

July 25, 2005

Accrued accounts receivable

747.50

July 25, 2005

Accrued revenue

(747.50)

This illustration shows the T-account postings in the general ledger:

Revenue recognition for July T-account postings for example 4

The system uses these AAIs to direct the system to create the journal entries:

  • Billing AAI table number 4832 directs the system to the base rules for the accrued accounts receivable account.

    It creates a debit journal entry for the revenue recognition amount.

  • Billing AAI table number 4831 directs the system to the base rules for the accrued revenue account.

    It creates a credit journal entry for the revenue recognition amount.