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Unearned Revenues is what type of account?

a. Asset b. liability c. Stockholders' (Owner's) Equity

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Question ajoutée par Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud , Chartered Accountant # 10465 , Self-employed
Date de publication: 2014/05/06
RATHEESH CHERUVARI
par RATHEESH CHERUVARI , manager finance and administration , Al Rostamani Group Of Companies

Unearned Income is treated as Current liability till revenue is recognized

Fazla Haisam
par Fazla Haisam , Sr. Human Resource Officer , Agence Publics Qatar

Unearned Revenue is considered as a Liability until it has been earned.

Wajid Sulaman Awan
par Wajid Sulaman Awan , Financial Controller , Copper Chandni Company

unearned revenue is a libability account, its mean that company received an amount in advance against goods and services.

it will show in liability account in balance sheet. and when the business wil provide the good and services it will change into revenue.

At the time of liability the entry wil be as follows.

Cash / Bank Account          Debit

      unearned Revenue              credit

 

At the time of revenue

Unearned Revenue       Debit

   Revenue Account            Credit

 

Umer Aziz
par Umer Aziz , Senior Accountant , TERNA Bahrain Holding - GEK Group (www.terna.gr)

OPtion B is correct

Mohammad Naushad Mohammad Naushad
par Mohammad Naushad Mohammad Naushad , Assistant Centre Manager , Nidan Technologies Pvt Ltd

B..

Shamim Khan Dawar
par Shamim Khan Dawar , Group Finance Manager , JAWAHR | Jawa Logistics | Orient Trading(OMATRA)

B

Muhammad Sohaib Khan
par Muhammad Sohaib Khan , Accountant , Military Attache Office

the answer is Liability 

Umair Bashir
par Umair Bashir , Branch Manager Sales , The National Bank of Pakistan

as the name inidacates Un-earned Revenue (A revenue which has been earned but services/products against it are yet to provided). Therefore, it is treated as current liability.

Akram Massoud
par Akram Massoud , FINANCE MANAGER , Autoexcellence LTD

Unearned revenue is a liability for the recipient of the payment, so the initial entry is a debit to the cash account and a credit to the unearned revenue account.

Muhammad Arslan
par Muhammad Arslan , Assistant Manager Accounts , Crystalline Accountancey

If client compansates you for what you did not provide him yet then its your obligation to perform your part of the transaction and obligation is ultimatley leads towards liability.

Emmanuel Adegboyegun
par Emmanuel Adegboyegun , Customer service agent , Muritala Mohammed International Airport

Unearned revenue can be thought of as a 'pre-payment' for goods or services which a person or company is expected to produce to the purchaser. Contra Liability Account . 

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