Jefferson Cleaning signed an agreement with Willis Company on December 15 to provide cleaning services every Friday. The services will be billed to Willis Company on the fifteenth of each month at a rate of $15 per hour. As of December 31, Jefferson Cleaning had provided 15 hours of cleaning services to Willis Company. Which of the following is the required adjusting entry that Jefferson Cleaning should make on December 31?

B) debit to Accounts Receivable for $200.

Explanation:

Since Jefferson Cleaning has only performed half a month of cleaning, they can record an accounts receivable for half the months regular bill. The revenue recognition principle allows this, but generally it would be done because it is December 31 and the revenue account needs to be closed. If not, Jefferson should probably wait until the 15 of the following month before recording the total monthly bill.

The journal entry should be:

December 31, cleaning services performed at Willis Co.

Dr Accounts receivable 200

Cr Sales revenue 200