Chris P. Bacon is the chief accountant for CV Industries, a large manufacturing company. In addition to its normal business activities, the company has excess warehouse space that it rents out to local businesses. Because the typical renter is a small business, CV Industries requires renters to make lease payments for the entire rental period on the day the lease is signed. As a result, CV Industries typically reports a large unearned rent balance on its balance sheet. After making adjusting entries for the current year, Chris prepares the adjusted trial balance and notices that the company's earnings will decline significantly. He presents the adjusted trial balance to the company's CFO, Antonio Beldin, who is concerned about the earnings decline. Mr. Beldin notices the large unearned rent balance and proposes making an additional end-of- period adjusting entry to recognize the entire unearned rent balance as revenue in the current period. Chris protests, reminding Mr. Beldin that the adjusting entry for unearned rent has already been made. Mr. Beldin assures Chris that his proposal is acceptable, reminding Chris that "because we have already received the cash, we have the right to recognize the revenue in the current period." He instructs Chris to make the additional adjusting journal entry. Chris is hesitant to follow these instructions, but he is ensitive to the company's emphasis on earnings growth and makes the adjusting entry as instructed. Questions to answer: 1. Is Chris behaving ethically? Why? 2. Who is affected by Chris's decision?

9-4   Office Rental, Inc. owns an office building that it rents to Watson Company. The building is in a location that is not very desirable. To provide an incentive for Watson to rent the building, Office Rental, Inc. collects rent at the end of each 6 months. The following is data for the office building: Office Building – Located at 123 ItsADump Drive Rental rate ........................................................................................ $450 per month Date when the 6 months of rent for January to June is collected ...... June 30 Date when the 6 months of rent for July to December is collected .... December 31 The office building located at 123 ItsADump Drive is the only rental property owned by Office Rental, Inc. After making the April 30, 2021 Rent Receivable adjusting entry, the balance in Office Rental Inc.’s Rent Receivable account is $1,800. This balance represents 4 month’s (Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr.) of rent due from Watson. The following is a partial list of the…

Sheffield Corp. received a check for $19080 on July 1, which represents a 6-month advance payment of rent on a building it rents to a client. Unearned Rent Revenue was credited for the full $19080. Financial statements will be prepared on July 31. Sheffield's should make the following adjusting entry on July 31: debit Unearned Rent Revenue, $19080; credit Rent Revenue, $19080. debit Cash, $19080; credit Rent Revenue, $19080. debit Rent Revenue, $3180; credit Unearned Rent Revenue, $3180. debit Unearned Rent Revenue, $3180; credit Rent Revenue, $3180.

According to your studying of the Conceptual Framework, Discuss the following: 1. Selane Eatery operates a catering service specializing in business luncheons for large companies. Selane requires customers to place their orders 2 weeks in advance of the scheduled events. Selane bills its customers on the tenth day of the month following the date of service and requires that payment be made within 30 days of the billing date. Conceptually, when should Selane recognize revenue related to its catering service? 2. Mogilny Company paid $135,000 for a machine. The Accumulated Depreciation account has a balance of $46,500 at the present time. The company could sell the machine today for $150,000. The company president believes that the company has a “right to this gain.” What does the president mean by this statement? Do you agree? 3. Three expense recognition methods (associating cause and effect, systematic and rational allocation, and immediate recognition) were discussed in the chapter…