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.
Acorn Construction (calendar-year-end C corporation) has had rapid expansion during the last half of the current year due to the housing market's recovery. The company has record income and would like to maximize its cost recovery deduction for the current year. (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, and Table 5.)
Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.
Acorn provided you with the following information:
Asset
Placed in Service
Basis
New equipment and tools
August 20
$ 3,800,000
Used light-duty trucks
October 17
2,000,000
Used machinery
November 6
1,525,000
Total
$ 7,325,000
The used assets had been contributed to the business by its owner in a tax-deferred transaction two years ago.
a. What is Acorn's maximum cost recovery deduction in the current year?