a) -Revenues are inflows of assets or settlements of liabilities or both. Revenues come from activities of the entity’s central operations. -Gains are increases in net assets and from peripheral or incidental transactions of an entity. -The difference between gains and revenues depend to a great extent on the typical activities of a company. For example‚ when McDonald’s sells a hamburger‚ it records the selling price as revenue. However‚ when Mc Donald’s sells land‚ it records any excess of
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Revenue Recognition: Apple Inc. THE COMPANY Our analysis of Apple Inc. will incorporate the general overview of the company and how it records it revenues. We will observe how they make an honest effort to be within compliance of all accounting standards according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board for recording and disclosure of its income. Apple’s leading competitor‚ Google Inc.‚ will also be examined to see whether they are comparable to Apple and still within compliance of the Securities
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2014-09 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers” Jade Nelson ACCT 4111-01 10/28/2014 Over the past few years‚ the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have been working closely together to develop a new set of revenue recognition standards in an effort to merge the standards of FASB and IASB‚ lessen the amount of industry-specific differences in the standards‚ and make the standards more principles-based. Because revenue is very
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CHAPTER 18 Revenue Recognition ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) | | |Brief | | | Concepts | |Topics |Questions |Exercises |Exercises |Problems |for Analysis | |*1. Realization and recognition; sales |1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ |1‚ 2‚ 3‚ |1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚
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http://accrualperspective.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/zyngas-revenue-recognition-dilemma/ Zynga’s Revenue Recognition Dilemma Leave a reply Zynga’s Revenue Recognition Dilemma Zynga has been the focus of a highly disputed topic on bookings and revenues as of late. Unfortunately for the online gaming company‚ many accountants and financial analysts are not in Zynga’s favor on the way that the company has been recognizing revenues. To put the company in perspective‚ there are 26 million digital farmers
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(FASB) have undertaken a joint revenue recognition project that clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue that can be applied consistently across various transactions‚ industries‚ and capital markets. This project will apply to all contracts with customers except leases‚ financial instruments and insurance contracts. The joint project will attempt to remove inconsistencies and weaknesses in existing revenue recognition standards by retrofitting‚ and thoroughly improving the recognition framework
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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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The company is an American company traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ERTS. Electronic Arts develops‚ markets‚ and distributes interactive software games that are played on a variety of computer platforms in over 30 countries. I chose this company because I have an interest in the computer gaming industry‚ both from the viewpoint of someone that is interested in playing computer games and as an investor. The topic that I have chosen to address is the issue of revenue recognition. Revenue
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Kuznetsova Ksenia What do you think makes a good manager? What are the main functions of a manager according to Peter Drucker? Manager is the person who organizes and coordinates the activities of the rest of the staff. The importance of a good manager can’t be overestimated. First of all‚ a good manager is a leader‚ a respected‚ professional and strong-willed person who can motivate inspire and lead people. Great managers accept blame that means that they are fully responsible for their team
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REVENUE RECOGNITION MCDONALD ’S CORPORATION INTRODUCTION McDonald’s and Burger King have been in competition for over 50 years. Similar companies can choose different revenue recognition methods that can cause them to appear different. This report’s purpose is to explain McDonald’s revenue recognition policies and methods in comparison to Burger King’s. DISCUSSION FOR ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND METHODS McDonald’s and Burger King’s revenues mainly consist of two things‚ sales and franchise fees
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