A company with a December 31 fiscal year end sold and delivered $5,000 worth of inventory on December 15, 2016 with payments of $1,200 collected on December 28, 2016 and $3,800 collected January 25, 2017. Under the accrual method of accounting, what amount of revenue would be recognized in 2016?

Accrual accounting means revenue and expenses are recognized and recorded when they occur unlike cash basis which are revenues recognised recorded when there are cash payments.

Given:

Sold = $ 5,000

Cash in 2016 = $ 1,200

Cash in 2017 = $ 3,800

Using the above definition of accrual accounting,

Revenue = $ 5,000