On March 31, 2016, Bellburn Land Development Ltd. (Bellburn) sold a piece of land to the city

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On March 31, 2016, Bellburn Land Development Ltd. (Bellburn) sold a piece of land to the city for $5,000,000. The company determined that it wouldn't be developing the land so it decided to take advantage of the offer from the city. Management was satisfied that the amount offered represented fair value for the land. The terms of the sale require full payment on April 3, 2018. No interest is specified in the agreement. Despite the fact that Bellburn won't be receiving its cash for two years, it decided to recognize the revenue from the sale during the year ended March 31, 2016 because the revenue recognition criteria were met at the time. The market rate of interest for an arrangement of this type is 10 percent.


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a. How much revenue should Bellburn recognize in the year ended March 31, 2016 from the sale of the land? Prepare the journal entry that Bellburn would make to record the sale.

b. What amount would be reported on Bellburn's March 31, 2016 balance sheet for accounts receivable as a result of the sale of the land? How would the receivable be classified on the balance sheet? Explain your answer.

c. How much interest revenue should Bellburn report on its March 31, 2017 and 2018 income statements from the sale of the land? Prepare the journal entry that Bellburn would make to record the interest revenue each year. What amount would be shown as receivable on Bellburn's March 31, 2017 and 2018 balance sheets? How would the receivable be classified on the balance sheet each year?

d. What journal entry would Bellburn make when it received payment in full on April 3, 2018?

e. Suppose that instead of being an interest free arrangement, the city agreed to pay 10 percent interest per year, payable on March 31 each year. What amount of revenue should Bellburn recognize in fiscal 2016?

Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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