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Determine the Transaction Price On January 1, 2017, Loud Company enters into a 2-year contract with a cus- tomer 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.
Required: 1. Calculate the transaction price for the smartphone and unlimited talk and 5 GB data wireless plan assuming that Loud allocates consideration based on stand-alone prices. 2. Record the initial journal entry for Loud Company’s sale of a 2-year contract on January 1, 2017, and the monthly journal entry.