Teal company is an accrual basis taxpayer. on december 1, 2019, a customer paid for an item that was on hand, but the customer wanted the item delivered in early january 2020. teal delivered the item on january 4, 2020. teal included the sale in its 2019 income for financial accounting purposes.

a. teal must recognize the income in 2019.

b. teal can elect to recognize the income in either 2019 or 2020.

c. teal must recognize the income in the year title to the goods passed to the customer, as determined under the state laws in which the store is located.

d. teal must recognize the income in 2020.

e. none of these choices are correct.