Revenue Recognition

Hard Test

Hard Test

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1. On January 1, 20×1, JJ Plumbing, LLC. won the bid and signed a contract with Reit, Inc., a company that builds and maintains apartment communities to provide all of the plumbing required to build one complex and then maintain the complex for 2 years after the build is complete. The winning bid was a price of $425,000.

To win the bid, JJ Plumbing had to discount their typical fees of $400,000 to build the complex and $100,000 to maintain the complex for two years.

Per the contract, Reit, Inc. paid JJ Plumbing $125,000 at the end of each quarter for 3 quarters (March 31, June 30, and Sept 30) in the first year. Reit, Inc. paid the final payment of $50,000 on July 1, 20×2. JJ Plumbing completed the work to build the complex on October 30, 20×1.

 

A. Record the entries for JJ Plumbing, LLC for 20×1 related to the contract with Reit, Inc. JJ Plumbing prepares annual financial statements. 

B. Record the entries for JJ Plumbing, LLC for 20×2 related to the contract with Reit, Inc.

C. Determine the line items and amounts JJ Plumbing, LLC will report on the December 31, 20×1 balance sheet and income statement.

Answer

1st: Identify the performance obligations and allocate the purchase price

FMV Price Allocated Price
Maintain 100,000 = 20% x 425,000 = 85,000
Build 400,000 = 80% x 425,000 = 340,000
Total 500,000 425,000


A. Record the entries for JJ Plumbing, LLC for 20×1 related to the contract with Reit, Inc. (annual financial statements only)

March 31
Cash                     125,000
         Unearned Revenue          125,000

June 30
Cash          125,000
         Unearned Revenue          125,000

Sept 30
Cash          125,000
         Unearned Revenue          125,000

Oct 30
Unearned Revenue          340,000
         Revenue                                    340,000

Dec 31
Unearned Revenue          7,084
         Revenue                                    7,084  

($85,000 / 24 months = $ 3,542 per month x 2 months = $7,084) 

 

B. Record the entries for JJ Plumbing, LLC for 20×2 related to the contract with Reit, Inc.

July 1
Cash          50,000
         Unearned Revenue          50,000

December 31
Unearned Revenue          42,504
             Revenue                   42,504

         (3,542 x 12 months)

 

C. Determine the amount that JJ Plumbing, LLC will report on the December 31, 20×1 balance sheet and income statement

Unearned Revenue: $27,916


Cash received:               $375,000

Revenue earned            (340,000) for building
Revenue earned            ( 7,084) for maintenance 20×1 and 20×2
Unearned:                      27,916

 

Revenue: $347,084

($340,000 build + $7,084 for maintenance)

2. On February 8th, Solar City (SC) sold solar panels to the Gordon Independent School District (GISD) for $500,000. SC promised to give GISD a 30% discount if the school district did not save 50% of the cost of electricity during the first 12 months after installation. GISD agreed to pay SC for the solar panels 12 months after installation.

Solar City believes that there is a 70% chance that GISD will save 50% on the cost of their electricity. One year after installation, SC was notified that GISD saved 24% on the cost of electricity for 12 months and received $350,000 from GISD as full payment.

Record revenue for SC for years 1 and 2 after installing the solar panels for GISD using the:

 

A. Expected Value Method
B. Most Likely Amount Method

Answer

A. The Expected Value method:

           $500,000 x 70%    = $350,000
           $350,000 x 30%    = $105,000
          Total                           $455,000

Yr. 1
               Accounts Receivable         $455,000
                      Sales Revenue                 $455,000

Yr. 2
               Cash                $350,000
               Accounts Receivable         $350,000

               Sales Revenue        $105,000
                       Accounts Receivable        $105,000

B. The Most Likely Amount method:

$500,000 is the most likely amount

Yr. 1
       Accounts Receivable         $500,000
               Sales Revenue                $500,000

Yr. 2
       Cash                $350,000
               Accounts Receivable        $350,000

       Sales Revenue        $150,000
               Accounts Receivable        $150,000

3. At the beginning of the current year, a franchisor signed an agreement with a franchisee for a fee of $175,000. Of this amount, $25,000 was paid at the beginning of the year and the rest was financed over a period of 5 years (0% interest) with equal amounts payable at the end of each year. At the end of the first year, the franchisor determined that 60% of services related to the franchise fee had been provided. The remaining services were provided during the 2nd year. The agreement also provides for 5% of revenues earned by the franchisee during each year to be paid to the franchisor 30 days after the end of each year. Annual revenues of the franchisee were $500,000 and $680,000 for the first and second year, respectively. The franchise agreement is for 10 years.

 

Record all journal entries required for the first and second year for the franchisor for the one franchise.
Answer

1st year journal entries:

         Cash        25,000
               Unearned Franchise Revenue        25,000

 

(No exchange occurs at this time related to the note payable; no service has been provided)

Notes Receivable                               80,000
Unearned Franchise Revenue        25,000
               Franchise Revenue                     105,000

(60% x 175,000 = 105,000)

Cash                       25,000
       Notes Receivable         25,000

(First end of year payment on the notes receivable)

Cash                        25,000
       Franchise Revenue                25,000

(Franchisee sales — 5% x 500,000)

 

2nd year journal entries:

Notes Receivable                70,000
       Franchise Revenue                70,000
(40% x 175,000)

Cash                25,000
       Notes Receivable                25,000

(Second end of year payment on the notes receivable)

Cash                34,000
               Franchise Revenue                34,000

(5% x 680,000)