Just to clarify, you can do Taxes on Cash-basis or Accrual-basis.

You can also do Accounting on Cash-basis or on Accrual-basis.

These may or may not be the same, some companies switch to accrual-basis accounting for

exactly the reason you are asking about, which is to avoid paying taxes on deferred revenue.

Answers to the two questions above will determine how to handle this transaction on QB.

Interesting you have an accountant that does not know QB when that is the system you use.