Question: Assume the same facts as in E17-5. On July 1, 2019, the customer realizes that she needs less data in her wireless plan and downgrades

Assume the same facts as in E17-5. On July 1, 2019, the customer realizes that she needs less data in her wireless plan and downgrades to the unlimited talk and 2 GB data plan for the remaining term of the contract (18 months). The unlimited talk and 2 GB data plan is priced at $55 per month. The $55 per month is Loud’s current stand-alone price for this plan that is available to all customers.


Required:
1. How should Loud account for this contract modification?
2. Provide Loud’s new monthly revenue recognition journal entry.


E17-5

On January 1, 2019, Loud Company enters into a 2-year contract with a customer for an unlimited talk and 5 GB data wireless plan for $65 per month. The contract includes a smartphone for which the customer pays $299. Loud also sells the smartphone and monthly service plan separately, charging $649 for the smartphone and $65 for the monthly service for the unlimited talk and 5 GB data wireless plan.

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