Unearned revenue is income that you get without having to work for it. An example of this would be interest from stocks and bonds, dividend payments, or interest earned on a bank account.
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Unearned Revenue is a Liability Account
credit to unearned revenue
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Unearned Revenue is a liability account.
Earned Revenue = The revenue benefits of which have been provided to customers Unearned Revenue = The amount of which is already received but the corresponding benefits or services have not yet been provided. Example: Amount received to provide repair services next month. So when next month services will be provided that unearned revenue become earned revenue.
Initial receipt of unearned revenue from a customer for service to be provided in the future. Recognition of the unearned revenue as the service is performed and earned. Adjustment entry to reflect the portion of unearned revenue that has now been earned.
[Debit] Cash / bank [Credit] Unearned revenue
Unearned Service Revenue is a Liability account.
Industries that have unearned revenue are nonprofit agencies like UNICEF. Another industry that has unearned revenue is the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.
[Debit] Unearned revenue [Credit] Sales revenue
Unearned fee and unearned revenue is that amount which is received from client in advance but actual services are not provided yet to client.