Chapter 5 REVENUE AND MONETARY ASSETS Changes from Tenth Edition The chapter has been updated. The SEC’s SAB101 Revenue Recognition tests have been added. Approach The sequence of transactions for accounts receivable and bad debts often causes difficulty; indeed, the time that one is sometimes forced to spend on this topic is all out of proportion to its importance. Students often do not understand why an Allowance for Bad Debts account is necessary at all; they do not grasp the notion
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your selection and your reasoning fully. In our opinion, Partial Revenue Recognition approach is most consistent with the actual substance of a sales transaction involving an extended warranty contract. Using partial revenue recognition, the company can recognize partial revenue at the time of sale. We can distinguish between what is earned and what is yet to be earned. At the time of sale, the company recognized a portion of the revenue that they earned on the total sales because the warranty contract
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CHAPTER 5 Revenue Recognition after Delivery * Assumes we are able to make reasonable estimates of amounts due from customers that potentially might be uncollectible. * For product sales this also includes amounts not collectible due to customers returning the products they purchased. Installment Sales * Increasing the length of time allowed for payment usually increases the uncertainty about whether the store actually will collect a receivable * The increased uncertainty concerning
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entity manages private and public social media networks that earn its revenue providing corporate social network development and hosting services. The audit committee of the company has requested the company to hire a new audit firm with a better experience in auditing of public technology companies. 2. Auditing and reporting issues: Miss Kristine Drew is the senior auditor for this company and is responsible for auditing revenue. She should start by asking for reviews from the predecessor audit
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CHAPTER 18 Revenue Recognition – 2014 Update ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) Topics | Questions | Brief Exercises | Exercises | Problems | Concepts for Analysis | 1. Current Environment; 5-Step Model. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | | | 8 | 1, 2, 3 | 2. Contracts; Contract modifications. | 7, 9 | 1, 3 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 17, 18 | 1, 2 | 1 | 3. Performance Obligations | 10, 11, 12 | 3, 4, 19, 20 | | | | 4. Transaction Price | 8, 13 | | 5, 8, 9 | 4
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They each keep their own accounting books and have chosen the appropriate method of revenue recognition based on their operations. | | | | Pat's Electronics Division | | | | | Pat's Electronics Division sells computers through agents in various cities. Agents send orders and down payments to our company. The division then ships the goods F.O.B. shipping point directly to the customers. Revenue is recognized at the point of sale. | | | | | | | Additional
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the FASB, “Revenues are inflows or other enhancements of assets of an entity or settlements of its liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or producing goods, rendering services, or other activities that constitute the entity’s ongoing major or central operations.” In other words, revenue tracks the inflow of net assets that occurs when a business provides goods or services to its customers. The realization principle requires that two criteria be satisfied before revenue can be recognized:
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. *Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value, customer loyalty, and perhaps most importantly, human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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MiniScribe’s revenue recognition practices were consistent with GAAP? Based on your review of the literature, do you agree with Reggie or his superior? Reggie Lewis should review section 605 of the Accounting Standards Codification concerning everything surrounding revenue recognition. ASC 605-25-1 states that, “The recognition of revenue of an entity during a period involves consideration of the following two factors, being realized or realizable and being earned.” In terms of revenue realization
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audited many times in the past by external CPA firms, this is the first year your firm has conducted the audit. GPC’s total revenue for 2011 is $80 million. In examining the revenue for the year, you notice that $3 million of the revenue does not come from GPC’s primary operations (i.e., revenue from sales of paper goods). This $3 million in revenue is labeled as timber revenue in GPC’s books. This strikes you as odd because, generally, GPC buys timber. That is, timber is part of the cost of goods
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