You invoice a client ₹1,20,000 for a twelve-month support contract in April. That's not April's income — it's ₹10,000 a month earned over the year. Deferred revenue (and its mirror, deferred expense) spreads an invoice or a bill across the months it actually belongs to, so your monthly profit tells the truth.
Spread it over N months
On Deferred revenue & expense, point a schedule at the invoice (revenue) or the bill (expense), set how many months to spread across and the start month. Finocket divides the total evenly, putting any leftover paisa on the final period — so the monthly slices add back to the contract total exactly.
Balanced recognition, every period
Because the invoice already booked its full revenue up front, a deferral first moves the whole amount off the profit & loss onto a balance-sheet holding account (Deferred Revenue, a liability; or Prepaid/Deferred Expense, an asset), then brings it back one month at a time. Each posting is a balanced journal, so your books stay tied throughout. The net effect: the amount is recognised exactly once in total, just spread over the schedule — and the holding account returns to zero when the last period recognises.
The recognition runner
You don't post each month by hand. As each period's month arrives, the recognition runner posts that slice's balanced voucher. It's idempotent: a period that's already recognised is skipped, so income or cost is never double-counted no matter how often the runner runs.
Access & control
Owners and assistants set up schedules; an invited accountant reads the recognition history. The deferral schedule and its journals sit inside your normal double-entry books, so they flow straight into the P&L and balance sheet.
Related: Financial statements, Recurring rules.