Assignment title: Information
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond
to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation
for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to
reinforce your ideas.
You are the accountant for Jolly Fitness, a health club. The business owner is concerned about
low revenue. There are 3 situations related to this club:
The membership fees are due in the beginning of the year and are collected in advance. They
have 4 clubs in the vicinity, and the members can use any of these facilities. To attract more
members, they also allow them to cancel the membership with a full refund for the unused
months.
Some customers only want to attend classes like kickboxing, spinning, and aerobics; they do
not want to become members. Therefore, the club sells coupon books that have 25 coupons. If
the customers do not use these coupons by the end of the year, they will expire.
Jolly Fitness also makes its own fitness machines. It sells these machines to the customers with
30% down and a 2-year payment plan. However, customers can return the machine with a full
refund within 90 days. It also provides servicing on this equipment, and historically 6% of the
machines sold will have repair services.
Because of low revenue, the business owner is looking for some business loans to finance
these transactions. He asks you, his accountant, to go ahead and recognize the revenue related
to the membership dues, the revenue from the coupon books sold, and the machines that have
been sold as well. You are concerned because you know that this is against GAAP principles.
For each situation, explain to the business owner the following:
How he is violating the GAAP principles of revenue recognition
How the revenue should be recognized.
APA FORMAT