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7 Key Facts on the FASB’s Revenue Recognition Standard Logo aicpa

  Bob Durak, CPA, CGMA |   Free |   AICPA |   08 Sep 2016 |   AICPA Insights

The Financial Accounting Standards Board decided to postpone the effective date of its revenue recognition standard, giving CPAs and their clients additional time to prepare for implementation. Learn seven facts about the new standard.

Topics covered:
  • Financial accounting & reporting: Technical: FASB financial accounting & reporting: Revenue recognition, Foundational
  • Financial accounting & reporting: Technical: FASB financial accounting & reporting: Revenue recognition, Intermediate

2 Comments/Reflections

Luke Corbett

Luke Corbett Sep 2018

Competency = Technical Skills (Financial accounting and reporting)

Core principe - An entity recognises revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services

1 Identify the contract(s) with a customer
2 Identify the performance obligations in the contract
3 Determine the transaction price
4 Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
5 Recognise revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation
Stacey Grant

Stacey Grant Jan 2018

Core principe - An entity recognises revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services

1 Identify the contract(s) with a customer
2 Identify the performance obligations in the contract
3 Determine the transaction price
4 Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
5 Recognise revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation