Clarks Inc., a shoe retailer, sells boots in different styles. In early November the company starts selling "SunBoots" to customers for $65 per pair. When a customer purchases a pair of SunBoots, Clarks also gives the customer a 30% discount coupon for any additional future purchases made in the next 30 days. Customers can't obtain the discount coupon otherwise. Clarks anticipates that approximately 20% of customers will utilize the coupon, and that on average those customers will purchase additional goods that normally sell for $100. Required: 1. How many performance obligations are in a contract to buy a pair of SunBoots? 2. Assume Clarks cannot estimate the standalone selling price of a pair of SunBoots sold without a coupon. Prepare a journal entry to record revenue for the sale of 1,000 pairs of SunBoots.

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Exercise 6-6 (Algo) Performance obligations; customer option for additional goods or
services; residual method [LO6-2, 6-4, 6-6]
Clarks Inc., a shoe retailer, sells boots in different styles. In early November the company starts selling
"SunBoots" to customers for $65 per pair. When a customer purchases a pair of SunBoots, Clarks also gives
the customer a 30% discount coupon for any additional future purchases made in the next 30 days. Customers
can't obtain the discount coupon otherwise. Clarks anticipates that approximately 20% of customers will utilize
the coupon, and that on average those customers will purchase additional goods that normally sell for $100.
Required:
1. How many performance obligations are in a contract to buy a pair of SunBoots?
2. Assume Clarks cannot estimate the standalone selling price of a pair of SunBoots sold without a coupon.
Prepare a journal entry to record revenue for the sale of 1,000 pairs of SunBoots.
Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 6-6 (Algo) Performance obligations; customer option for additional goods or services; residual method [LO6-2, 6-4, 6-6] Clarks Inc., a shoe retailer, sells boots in different styles. In early November the company starts selling "SunBoots" to customers for $65 per pair. When a customer purchases a pair of SunBoots, Clarks also gives the customer a 30% discount coupon for any additional future purchases made in the next 30 days. Customers can't obtain the discount coupon otherwise. Clarks anticipates that approximately 20% of customers will utilize the coupon, and that on average those customers will purchase additional goods that normally sell for $100. Required: 1. How many performance obligations are in a contract to buy a pair of SunBoots? 2. Assume Clarks cannot estimate the standalone selling price of a pair of SunBoots sold without a coupon. Prepare a journal entry to record revenue for the sale of 1,000 pairs of SunBoots.
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A performance obligation is a kind of promise made by the company to transfer goods and services to customers under some conditions. These conditions may be illustrated in advance. 

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