Answer and Explanation:
a. The Journal entry is shown below:-
Lawsuit loss Dr, $900,000
To Lawsuit liability $900,000
(Being lawsuit loss is recorded)
Here we debited the lawsuit loss as it increased the losses and we credited the lawsuit liability as it also increased the liabilities because the losses contains normal debit balance and the liability contains normal credit balance
b. No Journal entry is required as The loss is not accrued as it is not expected that a liability has been spent at Dec 31, 2020
