Deferred Revenue Journal Entries
Deferred Revenue Journal Entries
When a customer initiates their order the contract is identified and a deferred revenue liability is created.
This can be seen on the Journal Entries page in the At Order section:
- Credit (to increase) a deferred revenue liability, which is broken out into its components of gross sales and shipping revenue.
- Credit (to increase) a sales tax liability for the amount of sales tax associated with the orders sold.
- Refunds are recorded in the period in which the refund or cancellation is processed.
- Debit (to increase) the accounts receivable asset to reflect an expectation of future cash of expected orders net of refunds.
Because the obligation of merchandise or a subscription has not been fulfilled, the performance obligations, as defined in ASC 606, have not been met so revenue has not been recognized yet.