Performance obligation Performance obligation is the promise made by the seller to supply the goods and service to the customer on or before the contract. The revenue recognition principle The revenue recognition principle refers to the revenue that should be recognized in the time period, when the performance obligation (sales or services) of the company is completed. To discuss: The manner in which S Company’s 1997 “bill-and-hold” strategy might have contributed to artificially high earnings in 1997.
Performance obligation Performance obligation is the promise made by the seller to supply the goods and service to the customer on or before the contract. The revenue recognition principle The revenue recognition principle refers to the revenue that should be recognized in the time period, when the performance obligation (sales or services) of the company is completed. To discuss: The manner in which S Company’s 1997 “bill-and-hold” strategy might have contributed to artificially high earnings in 1997.
Solution Summary: The author analyzes how S Company's 1997 bill-and-hold strategy might have contributed to an artificially high earnings in 1997.
Definition Definition Money that the business will be receiving from its clients who have utilized the credit provided to buy its goods and services. The credit period typically lasts for a short term, lasting from a few days, a few months, to a year.
Chapter 5, Problem 5.11BYP
Requirement – 1
To determine
Performance obligation
Performance obligation is the promise made by the seller to supply the goods and service to the customer on or before the contract.
The revenue recognition principle
The revenue recognition principle refers to the revenue that should be recognized in the time period, when the performance obligation (sales or services) of the company is completed.
To discuss: The manner in which S Company’s 1997 “bill-and-hold” strategy might have contributed to artificially high earnings in 1997.
Requirement – 2
To determine
To discuss: The manner in which the strategy have led to the unusually high accounts receivable.
Requirement – 3
To determine
To discuss: The manner in which the S Company’s 1997 bill-and-hold strategy might have constituted to a 1998 earnings decline.
Requirement – 4
To determine
To discuss: The manner in which the earnings management affects earning quality.