theme Revenue Recognition R evenue is usually the largest single item in financial statements, and the issues involving revenue recognition are among the most important and difficult ones that standardsetters and accountants face. In recent years, concerns related to the recognition of revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards have heightened significantly. Quite often, companies end up tweaking the Revenue numbers, besides some other reasons. Recording revenue improperly is also a
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Accounting for Software Development Costs Applying SOP 98–1 Paul Flanagan Principal Consultant 1552 Lakeport Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Tel: 757-373-1454 / Fax: 810-885-5312 / pflanagan@christophertechnology.com www.christophertechnology.com Disclaimer The author of this report is neither a Certified Public Accountant nor an Attorney. This report should not be construed as providing either financial accounting advice or legal advice. This report represents the views of a senior
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that day, have somebody else in class turn it in or put it in the professor’s mailbox on the 5th floor of the RCB building. No email submissions of the case will be accepted. The two accounting standards pertaining to the case, SAB 101(SEC) and EITF 99-19 (FASB) have been posted on Desire2Learn in the same folder as the case. Students will receive an extra credit of 5 points for filling out a questionnaire about the case at the end of the semester. The Case of Groupon’s Revenue Recognition:
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cash. Revenues are earned when the entity has substantially accomplished what it must do to be entitled to the benefits represented by the revenues, that is, when the earnings process is complete or virtually complete. Revenue Recognition Issues Usually revenue is recognized at the point of sale because most of the uncertainties related to the earning process are removed and the exchange price is known. But, the earning process itself is not defined precisely anywhere in the authoritative
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Growing Pains at Groupon As an undergraduate music major at Northwestern University, Andrew Mason eagerly sought a version of rock music that would fuse punk with the Beatles and Cat Stevens. Little did he imagine that within ten years he would be the CEO of one of history’s fastest growing businesses. After Northwestern and faded dreams of rock stardom, Mason, a self-taught computer programmer, was hired to write code by the Chicago firm InnerWorkings. InnerWorkings was founded in 2001 by Eric
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EITF ABSTRACTS Title: Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent Dates Discussed: March 16, 2000; May 17–18, 2000; July 19–20, 2000 Issue No. 99-19 References: FASB Statement No. 60, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises ISSUE FASB Statement No. 97, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises for Certain Long-Duration Contracts and for Realized Gains and Losses from the Sale of Investments FASB Statement No. 113, Accounting and Reporting for Reinsurance
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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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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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Marcinko (2014) and complete the questions included in the Case Requirements section (beginning on page 238). Instructions for accessing the FASB Codification database: 1. Go to http://aaahq.org/ascLogin.cfm 2. User ID: AAA51526 3. Password: x43AYtX ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 29, No. 1 2014 pp. 229–245 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/iace-50595 Growing Pains at Groupon Saurav K. Dutta, Dennis H. Caplan, and David J. Marcinko GROWING PAINS AT GROUPON s an undergraduate music
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bepress Legal Series Year Paper Enron and the Special Purpose Entity. Use or Abuse? The Real Problem - The Real Focus Neal F. Newman Texas Wesleyan Law School This working paper is hosted by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) and may not be commercially reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder. http://law.bepress.com/expresso/eps/1165 Copyright c 2006 by the author. Enron and the Special Purpose Entity. Use or Abuse? The Real Problem - The Real Focus
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