own words‚ define "revenues." Explain how revenues are different from "gains." b. Describe what it means for a business to "recognize" revenues. What specific accounts and financial statements are affected by the process of revenue recognition? Describe the revenue recognition criteria outline in the FASB’s Statement of Concepts No. 5. c. Refer to the Revenue Recognition discussion in Note 1. In general‚ when does Apple recognize revenue? Explain Apple’s four revenue recognition criteria. Do they
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The revenue recognition principle is a foundation of accrual accounting and one of the main principles of GAAP. The revenue recognition principle is a set of guidelines that helps accountants to identify when a revenue event has taken place and how to appropriately record cash exchanges before‚ during‚ and after the revenue event. According to the revenue recognition principal‚ revenue must (1) be realized or realizable and (2) earned‚ in order to be recognized. According to the SEC revenue is realized
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included in the next year’s revenue. Method 2: Strictly speaking‚ the revenue recognized in method 1 is not earned in THIS YEAR. through the method of estimating the electricity usage in December this year‚ added by the actual usage of former 11 months‚ we can get record the revenue and then do some adjustment in the next year. 2. Retainer fee none of the $10‚000 should be counted as revenue in 2006. In accordance with the Basic Recognition Criteria‚ the revenue cannot be booked unless the
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3.6 Revenue recognition with examples when goods are sold under sale or return There are cases when payments are received prior to events that trigger revenue recognition. In that case‚ cash is debited and the unearned revenue is credited. On the other hand‚ when revenue recognition is triggered before actual payment is received‚ accounts receivable is debited while revenue is credited (“Revenue Recognition Principle‚” 2013). Goods are sold under sale or return when they are “sent by the supplier
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non-covered by insurance costs: expensed 2. a) Firstly‚ we need to match its depreciation to revenue still being earned from the theater‚ small stores‚ and apartment buildings‚ until the building gets razed. This demonstrates that Archer Company’s intentions when purchasing the land and buildings‚ was to raze the old building and construct a combined hotel and office building and earn their intended revenue. They cannot however‚ spread the cost of razing over the remaining life of the old buildings
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Case 6-4 1. All three methods do affect the net income - Deducted Purchased Goods: Will affect the cost of the good by decreasing it‚ which will affect the net income in the period the product is sold. - Other Income: Net Income would be higher than the other methods. - Not taken discount as expense: Cost of goods sold will be lower as discount will be counted‚ however it will decrease net income while being an expense. Overall‚ the cost of goods sold will be affected‚ therefore gross margin
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ESTIMATING THE RISK PREMIUM USING HISTORICAL DATA: A CASE OF THE NSE Introduction This study seeks to estimate the risk premium of a company using historical data. Analysts use historical data to estimate the risk premium of a company’s equity. This is because the historical data is readily available from the company’s financial statements and the securities exchanges for example the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in Kenya. Historical market data can be used to compute average returns and a measure
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The Accounting Review 77‚ 435–453. Krishnan‚ J.‚ 2005. Audit committee quality and internal control: an empirical analysis. The Accounting Review 80‚ 649–675. Krishnan‚ G.V.‚ Visvanathan‚ G.‚ 2009. Do auditors price audit committee ’s expertise? The case of accounting v.s. non-accounting financial experts Krishnan‚ J.‚ Wen‚ Y.‚ Zhao‚ W.‚ 2011. Legal expertise on corporate audit committees and financial reporting quality. The Accounting Review 86‚ 2099–2130. La Porta‚ R.‚ Lopez-de-Silanes‚ F.‚ Shleifer
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Revenue Recognition Revenue is the electricity that drives business. Revenue has been the starting point on every income statement generated‚ every sales meeting conducted‚ and is on every entrepreneur’s wish list. The basic concept for revenue recognition is that revenue should not be recognized until it is realized or realizable and earned. There are also four criteria must be met in order to recognize revenue: 1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists: Consider the substance of the transaction
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Methods of Revenue Recognition 1. The Accrual Method of Revenue Recognition The most common revenue recognition system is based on the accrual method. Under this approach‚ if the revenue recognition rules presented in the last section have been met‚ then revenue may be recognized in full. In addition‚ expenses related to that revenue‚ even if supplier invoices have not yet been received should be recognized and matched against the revenue. The name of this method does not imply that the revenue
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