Accrual basis of accounting: Accrual basis of accounting means the revenues, and their related expenses of the business are reported during the period in which the event occurs, even if the cash is not exchanged. 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) is completed by the company. To describe: The four most common revenue-recognition abuses identified by auditors.
Accrual basis of accounting: Accrual basis of accounting means the revenues, and their related expenses of the business are reported during the period in which the event occurs, even if the cash is not exchanged. 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) is completed by the company. To describe: The four most common revenue-recognition abuses identified by auditors.
Solution Summary: The author explains the four most common revenue-recognition abuses identified by auditors.
Accrual basis of accounting means the revenues, and their related expenses of the business are reported during the period in which the event occurs, even if the cash is not exchanged.
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) is completed by the company.
To describe: The four most common revenue-recognition abuses identified by auditors.
Requirement – 2
To determine
To describe: The revenue-recognition abuse related to the percentage-of-completion method.
Requirement – 3
To determine
To describe: The reasons forrevenue-recognition abuses which tend to increase or decrease net income in the year.
Requirement – 4
To determine
To describe: The adjustment that reduced the revenue-recognition abuses.
The following data were selected from the records of Fluwars Company for the year ended December 31, current year:
Balances at January 1, current year:
Accounts receivable (various customers)
$
111,500
Allowance for doubtful accounts
11,200
The company sold merchandise for cash and on open account with credit terms 1/10, n/30, without a right of return.
The following transactions occurred during the current year:
Sold merchandise for cash, $252,000.
Sold merchandise to Abbey Corp; invoice amount, $36,000.
Sold merchandise to Brown Company; invoice amount, $47,600.
Abbey paid the invoice in (b) within the discount period.
Sold merchandise to Cavendish Inc.; invoice amount, $50,000.
Collected $113,100 cash from customers for credit sales made during the year, all within the discount periods.
Brown paid its account in full within the discount period.
Sold merchandise to Decca Corporation; invoice amount, $42,400.
Cavendish paid its account in full after the…