Answer:
Interest receivable 500 debit
Interest revenue 500 credit
Explanation:
[tex]Principal\times rate \times time = Interest[/tex]
Important: rates and time must be express in the same unit.
In general rates are express as annual rate, so the time measurement should be in years to.
With that information, from August 1st to December 31th 5 months has past.
That represent 5/12 of a year so that is the amount to post in the formula.
10,000 * .12* 5/12 = 500 Interest accrued for the period
This interest are revenue So to recognzie the gain we credit it.
We also need to declare that we are going to receive interest in the future, so we use interest receivable account.
