In: Accounting
Food TV Company typically sells subscriptions on an annual basis, and publishes six times a year. The magazines sells 100,000 subscriptions in January 2019 at $45 each.
A) Prepare the January journal entry for the 100,000 subscription sold.
B) Prepare the journal entry for the issue on February, 2019.
| Transaction | Date | General journal | Debit | Credit | 
| A | Jan-01 | Cash | $ 4,500,000 | |
| Unearned subscription revenue | $ 4,500,000 | |||
| (To record receipt of subscription in advance) | ||||
| B | Feb-28 | Unearned subscription revenue | $ 750,000 | |
| Subscription revenue | $ 750,000 | |||
| (To record subscription revenue earned) | 
1/6th revenue will be recorded at the end of February.