Question: During 2 0 2 4 Bruno started his own Karate business. His business is a private corporation. He provides Karate lessons for kids from 4

During 2024 Bruno started his own Karate business. His business is a private corporation. He provides Karate lessons for kids from 4 years old to 18 years old. Each session runs for 4 months starting March 1st. Most of his customers pay at the beginning of the 4 month period. Any customers that don't pay at the beginning of the session are charged the fee plus \(6\%\) interest.
Bruno also offers 10 passes which allow customer the opportunity to attend 10 classes over the 4 months when it is convenient for them to do so. At the end of every 4 month session the passes expire. (removed extra 4)
Bruno wants to recognize revenue for Karate classes at the end of 4 months and he wants to recognize revenue for the passes when they expire.
Bruno has hired you to be the accountant for his business.
i. Using your knowledge of qualitative characteristics. Explain which 2 qualitative characteristics would be violated if we follow Bruno's revenue recognition policies. Hint discuss what Bruno's bias could be.(5 marks)
ii. Explain when revenue should be recognized for the Karate lessons and why. He follows ASPE. Refer to the recognition criteria (RCMP) to explain when he should recognize revenue Hint: Refer to chapter 6 Earning Approach. (5 marks)
iii. Explain when revenue should be recognized for interest (1 mark)
iv. Explain when and why revenue should be recognized for 10 passes (2 marks)
Financial Data for Bruno's business:
- On March 2nd Bruno sold 100 sessions for \(\$ 400\) each. \(80\%\) of the customers paid cash.
- On March \(5^{\text {th }}\) Bruno sold 30 ten passes for \(\$ 100\) each. The customers all paid cash. 100 passes were used in March, 80 passes were used in April, 65 passes were used in May and 40 passes were used in June.
v. Prepare the journal and monthly adjusting entries for Bruno for the months of March to June \(30^{\text {th }}\). Be sure to make a distinction between different revenue sources. (15 marks)
vi. On January \(1^{\text {st }}\) one of Bruno's friends entered into agreement to pay \(\$ 2,596\) in 2 years , imputed interest is \(4\%\). The payment covered karate services earned. Prepare the necessary entries over the 2 year period. (8 marks) Any adjusting entries for this part should be annual adjustments.
Peer evaluation (4 marks)
During 2 0 2 4 Bruno started his own Karate

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