Reference no: EM132517912
The following is a list of effects of accounting transactions on the basic accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity.
- In March 2018, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) announced that it would be the promoter and manager for Jay-Z and Beyoncé's OTR II tour.
- Assume all tickets for all tour events were sold by the end of March. These sales were for cash and made exclusively through LYV's ticketing subsidiaries. LYV's fiscal year ends on December 31. For brevity, I'll refer to the artists as "JZB."
- Which of the relationships identified above defines the effects of each of the following transactions/events on LYV's quarterly financial statements during 2018?
Problem 1: What was the effect of OTR II ticket sales on LYV's Q1 financial statements
Increase in assets, increase in liabilities
Increase in assets, increase in shareholders' equity
Increase in assets, decrease in assets
Decrease in assets, decrease in liabilities
Decrease in assets and liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
Decrease in assets, decrease in shareholders' equity
Increase in liabilities, decrease in shareholders' equity
Decrease in liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
None of these
Problem 2: JZB performed the Stadion Narodowy concert (Warsaw) as scheduled. How were ticket sales for this concert reflected in LYV's Q2 financial statements?
Increase in assets, increase in liabilities
Increase in assets, increase in shareholders' equity
Increase in assets, decrease in assets
Decrease in assets, decrease in liabilities
Decrease in assets and liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
Decrease in assets, decrease in shareholders' equity
Increase in liabilities, decrease in shareholders' equity
Decrease in liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
None of these
Problem 3: On May 5 , LYV paid in full the rental fee for the RheinEnergieStadion to the municipality of Cologne (Germany). What was this transaction's effect on the Q2 financial statements?
Increase in assets, increase in liabilities
Increase in assets, increase in shareholders' equity
Increase in assets, decrease in assets
Decrease in assets, decrease in liabilities
Decrease in assets and liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
Decrease in assets, decrease in shareholders' equity
Increase in liabilities, decrease in shareholders' equity
Decrease in liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
None of these
Problem 4: How was the stadium rental fee in c) above reflected in the Q3 financial statements?
Increase in assets, increase in liabilities
Increase in assets, increase in shareholders' equity
Increase in assets, decrease in assets
Decrease in assets, decrease in liabilities
Decrease in assets and liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
Decrease in assets, decrease in shareholders' equity
Increase in liabilities, decrease in shareholders' equity
Decrease in liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
None of these
Problem 5: On July 12 , Live Nation paid in full the rental fee for the Olympiastadion (Berlin city government). What was this transaction's effect on the Q3 financial statements?
Increase in assets, increase in liabilities
Increase in assets, increase in shareholders' equity
Increase in assets, decrease in assets
Decrease in assets, decrease in liabilities
Decrease in assets and liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
Decrease in assets, decrease in shareholders' equity
Increase in liabilities, decrease in shareholders' equity
Decrease in liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
None of these
Problem 6: JZB's concert at the Mercedes Benz (New Orleans) Superdome occurred on schedule. Live Nation's contract with the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (the Superdome's owner) specified that the stadium rental fee be paid on October 5. Factoring in the timing of the concert, what effect did this contractual provision have on the Q3 financial statements?
Increase in assets, increase in liabilities
Increase in assets, increase in shareholders' equity
Increase in assets, decrease in assets
Decrease in assets, decrease in liabilities
Decrease in assets and liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
Decrease in assets, decrease in shareholders' equity
Increase in liabilities, decrease in shareholders' equity
Decrease in liabilities, increase in shareholders' equity
None of these