A Company Records the Fees for Legal Services Paid in Advance

Multiple Choice

A company records the fees for legal services paid in advance by its clients in an account called Unearned Legal Fees. If the company fails to make the end-of-period adjusting entry to record the portion of these fees that has been earned, one effect will be:

A) An overstatement of equity.
B) An understatement of equity.
C) An understatement of assets.
D) An understatement of liabilities.
E) An overstatement of assets.