Ted Catering received $1,180 cash in advance from a customer for catering services to be provided in three months. Determine the general journal entry that Ted Catering will make to record the cash receipt. Assume the company’s policy is to initially record prepaid and unearned items in balance sheet accounts.

Debit cash for $1,180

Credit unearned catering revenue for $1,180

Explanation:

Unearned revenue refers to the amount of money that is received in cash by a company for goods that are yet to be delivered or services that yet to be rendered.

The $1,180 advance payment received by Ted Catering is unearned catering revenue. The eneral journal entry that Ted Catering will make to record the cash receipt wil appear as follows:

Account title                                  Dr ($)             Cr ($)        

Cash                                               1,180

Unearned catering revenue                               1,180

(To record unearned catering revenue.)