There are two sides to the entry, upon cash receipt you debit cash, credit deferred income. To apply the deferred income, the entry is debit deferred income and credit revenue.
A credit
revenue accounts increase by credit
Revenue is always credit as all revenue accounts has credit balance as normal balance and cash received or accounts receivable is debit against it.
Default balance for revenue is credit balance so to reduce a revenue account it must be something with debit balance so debit is a decrease in revenue.
There are two sides to the entry, upon cash receipt you debit cash, credit deferred income. To apply the deferred income, the entry is debit deferred income and credit revenue.
Debit Cash Credit Deferred (or unearned) Revenue - Subscription Sales As the subscriptions are fulfilled - if the total amount of a subscription for 12 (monthly) magazines is 120.00 then each month: Debit Deferred Revenue - Subscription Sales for 10.00 Credit Subscription Sales for 10.00 (Deferred Revenue is a liability account)
As it is a advance receipt the journal entry would be cash dr. to deferred revenue
Revenue is income or a credit.
Service Revenue is credit in nature because it is an income.
[Debit] Revenue receivable [Credit] Accrued revenue
A credit
The bookkeeping entry for a revenue reserve is a debit to the retained earnings account and a credit to the revenue reserve account. This entry is made to set aside a portion of the profits as reserves for future use or to cover potential losses. By separating the revenue reserve from retained earnings, it allows for better tracking and management of the reserve funds.
revenue accounts increase by credit
Debit
Revenue is always credit as all revenue accounts has credit balance as normal balance and cash received or accounts receivable is debit against it.
Default balance for revenue is credit balance so to reduce a revenue account it must be something with debit balance so debit is a decrease in revenue.