5 | Income Measurement & Profitability Analysis Flashcards
The Balance Sheet is a statement of…
financial position that reports the assets, liabilities, and stockholder’s equity of a business enterprise at a specific date.
Liquidity refers to the…
amount of time that is expected to elapse until an asset is realized or otherwise converted into cash or until a liability has to be paid.
How quickly an asset can be turned into cash to cover current obligations
Solvency refers to the…
…ability of a company to pay it’s debts as they mature.
Revenue Recognition
Which 2 criterias has to be satisfied before revenue can be recognized/recorded?
- The earnings process is judged complete or virtually complete.
- There is reasonable certainty as to the collectability of the asset to be received (usually cash)
Revenue Recognition
According to 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.
Revenue Recognition
Give the Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 101 and later 104 that provides 4 additional criteria for judging whether or the realization principle is satisfied.
- Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists
- Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered
- The seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable
- Collectibility is reasonably assured.
Revenue Recognition
What is the difference between cost & expense?
When you buy an asset - it is a cost.
When you use the benefit of the asset - it is an expense.
Revenue Recognition Methods
At delivery during delivery cycle use…
…completed contract method
Revenue Recognition Methods
Prior to delivery during production cycle use…
…Percentage of Completion Method
Revenue Recognition Methods
After delivery during collection cycle use…
…installment or cost recovery method.
Revenue Recognition Methods
If collectibility is an issue, we defer revenue recognition until…
…we can reasonably estimate the amount to be received.
Revenue Recognition Methods | IFRS vs GAAP
Revenue Recognition Concepts
Definition of revenue is very similar.
Condition to recognize revenue is different but typically leads to recognition at the same time & amount.
Exceptions occur, such as multiple-deliverable contracts since IFRS has less industry specific guidance
Revenue Recognition | Product
The point of delivery refers to the date…
…legal title to the product passes from seller to buyer.
Revenue Recgonition
Revenue is earned throughout the earnings process. The critical event is…
…the point in time when the realization principle is satified.
Revenue Recognition | Product
List the 4 significant uncertainties that remain after the product is produced
1) Will it be sold
2) For how much will it be sold
3) To whom will it be sold
4) Collectability of assets
Revenue Recognition | Product
Because of significant uncertainties after product production - revenue recognition is usually delayed until….
…point of sale, at product delivery.
Revenue Recognition | Product
Product delivery date occurs when legal title to the goods passes from seller to buyer, which depends on…
…the terms of the agreement (f.o.b. shipping point / f.o.b. destination)
Revenue Recognition | Product
f.o.b. shipping point means…
Free On Board Shipping Point
Legal Title to the goods changes hands at poing of shipment
Purchaser is responsible for shipping costs & transit insurance
Revenue Recognition | Product
f.o.b. destination means…
Free On Board Destination
Legal Title to the goods changes hands at the customer’s location
Seller is responsible for shipping costs & transit insurance
Revenue Recognition | Product
At product delivery date, we know the product has been sold, the price, and the buyer. The only remaining uncertainty at the time of delivery involves…
…the ultimate cash collection or and product return.
Revenue Recognition | Service
Service revenue is often recognized at a point in time if there is…
…one final activity that is deemd critical to the earnings process, in this calse, all revenue is deferred until this final activity is performed.
Revenue Recognition | Service
Give an example of a service company that recognizes revenue until the completion of a act critical to the earnings process.
A moving company does not recognize revenue until the goods have been delivered.
Revenue Recognition | Service
Give an example of a service company that recognizes revenue over time as service is performed.
Renting an office space.
Revenue Recognition | Principal vs Agent
An agent doesn’t control goods or services, but rather…
…facilitates transfers between sellers and buyers for a commission.
Revenue Recognition | Principal vs Agent
A principal…
… has primary responsibility of goods/services
- for delivering
- associated risks
- for collecting payment
Revenue Recognition | Principal vs Agent
What amount of revenue does a principal company recognize?
The gross(total) amount received from the customer.
Revenue Recognition | Principal vs Agent
What amount of revenue does an agent company recognize?
The net commission amount received for facilitating the sale.
Revenue Recognition | Principal vs Agent
Give 3 additional indicators for determining ‘principal’ status. The Company…
1) …has primary responsibiity for providing product/service
2) …owns inventory prior to order & after customer returns it.
3) …has discretion in price-setting and identifying suppliers
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
What are ‘Installment Sales’?
When customers are allowed to pay for purchases in installments over a long period of time.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Uncertainty concerning cash collection can be accomodated satisfactorily by…
…estimating uncollectible amounts.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
If there is significant uncertainty concerning cash collection, making bad debt estimate impossible,…
…revenue/expense recognition should be delayed.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Give an example of an Installment Sale
Real Estate Sales
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
GAAP requires the installment sales method to be applied to a…
…retail land sale that meets certain criteria.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
When extreme uncertainty exists regarding cash collection, delay revenue/expense recognition by using one of these 2 methods.
1) Installment Sales Method
2) Cost Recovery Method
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Name the 2 components ‘The Installment Sales Method’ divides each payment into.
1) Partial recovery of cost
2) Partial recovery of gross profit
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
‘The Installment Sales Method’ divides each payment using the…
‘Gross Profit Percentage’ (Gross Profit / Sales) applicable to the sale.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
The initial journal entry of an ‘Installment Sale”
DB Intallment Receivables (full sale amount)
CR Inventory (full COGS amount)
CR Deferred Gross Profit (Difference)
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
When using ‘The Installment Sale Method’ - ‘deferred gross profit’ is a contra account to …
… ‘installment receivables’
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Payments received using “The Instalmment Sale Method’ are recorded …
DB Cash (full amount)
CR Installment Receivables (full amount)
DB Deferred Gross Profit (profit %)
CR Realized Gross Profit (profit %)
Cost is not realized incrementally.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Sales and COGS associated with Installment Sales are not usually reported in the Income Statement under the Installment Method, just…
…the resulting gross profit.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
A company uses the installment method when it can’t reliably…
…estimate bad debts
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
The Installement Method does not account for Bad Debt and …
defers gross profit until cash is collected.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
The ‘Cost Recovery Method’ defers all gross profit recognition until…
….cash equal to the cost of the item sold has been received.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Under the ‘Cost Recovery Method’ the journal entry to record the sale is the same as the ‘Installement Sales Method’ - what is it?
DB Installment receivables (sale amount)
CR Inventory (COGS)
CR Deferred Gross Profit (the diff.)
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Under the ‘Cost Recovery Method’ the journal entry to record payments until COGS is covered is?
DB Cash (full amount) CR Installment Receivables (full amount)
No revenue is recognized until COGS is covered.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Under the ‘Cost Recovery Method’ the journal entry to record payments once COGS is covered is?
DB Cash (full amount) CR Installment Receviables (full Amount)
DB Deferred gross profit (amount after COGS)
CR Realized gross profit (amount after COGS)
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Retailers who give the ‘right to return’ can recognize revenues/expenses at ‘point of delivery’ as long as…
…they estimate (based on history) returns for a given volume of sales and meet specific criteria.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Estimates of Returns are used to…
… reduce sales and COGS in anticipation of returns in order to
- avoid overstating gross profit in period of sale
- avoid understating gross profit in period of return
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
What is an important part of the agreement between buyer and seller?
Customer acceptance.
Revenue Recognition | After Delivery
Anytime a company recognizes revenue at a point other than ‘point of delivery’, …
…the revenue recognition method used is disclosed in the summary of significant accounting policies.