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Determining the transaction price
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Step 3: start from the fixed consideration, estimate the variable consideration under the method retained and then apply the constraint, include non-cash consideration and consideration payable to the customer, assess the financing component and record the interest entries.
12 sections · 32 blocks · 5 calculations · 2 entries
- IFRS 15 §46
- IFRS 15 §47
- IFRS 15 §48
- IFRS 15 §49
- IFRS 15 §50
- IFRS 15 §51
- IFRS 15 §53
- IFRS 15 §54
- IFRS 15
- IFRS 15 §56
- IFRS 15 §57
- IFRS 15
- IFRS 15
- IFRS 15 §60
- IFRS 15 §61
- IFRS 15 §62
- IFRS 15 §64
- IFRS 15 §65
- IFRS 15 §66
- IFRS 15
- IFRS 15
- IFRS 15
- IFRS 15 §70
- IFRS 15 §71
- IFRS 15 §72
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- Distributor: volume rebate, right of return and consideration payable to a customerOpen the mission
- Software publisher: loyalty programme, multi-year advance payment and costs of obtaining contractsOpen the mission
- Professional file: revenue review of an industrial and services groupOpen the mission · Kervalo acceptance bonus
- Professional file: revenue review of an industrial and services groupOpen the mission · Montclair deferred payment
4 instances from the cases: the calculations and entries below are run by the calculation engine.
- File and entity
- Distributor: volume rebate, right of return and consideration payable to a customer
- Case tasks documented here
- What are the components of the consideration promised by Distrimax?
- Estimate the variable consideration arising from the volume rebate.
- What amount of variable consideration do you include in the transaction price?
- Determine the transaction price before taking expected returns into account.
Inputs
InputsPricing terms of the contract (fixed price, discounts, rebates, bonuses, penalties, payment schedule)
TextRequired
Fixed consideration promised
NumberRequired
950,000
Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
Number
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Table
TIER_5 · PURCHASES_AT_LEAST_20000 · 0 · 30 | TIER_2 · PURCHASES_12000_TO_19999 · 30,000 · 50 | NO_REBATE · PURCHASES_BELOW_12000 · 50,000 · 20
The scenarios and their probabilities are the entity's estimates based on reasonably available information (historical, current and forecast); the standard sets no probability (para. 54).
Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint
Number
0
Amount retained after assessing the constraint (para. 56 and 57): at most the estimate calculated, and only the part for which a significant reversal of cumulative revenue is highly probable not to occur. This amount results from a documented judgement of the entity.
Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer
Number
Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value)
Number
40,000
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount)
Number
Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %)
Number
The rate reflects the credit risk of the party financed and any collateral; it can be obtained by discounting the consideration to the cash selling price and is not updated afterwards (para. 64). The figure is a documented estimate of the entity, never set by the standard.
Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Number
Cash selling price observed, where available (deferred payment)
Number
Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
Number
Share for the period of the total interest calculated below; over the whole financing period, the sum of the interest of the periods equals that total. Interest is recognised only to the extent that a contract asset, a receivable or a contract liability is recognised (para. 65).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Components of the transaction price
AnalysisIFRS 15 §46IFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §48IFRS 15 §49
Components examined
ChecklistRequired
- Contract terms and customary business practices considered
- Amounts collected on behalf of third parties excluded
- Fixed consideration, variable consideration or both; effects of variable consideration, financing, non-cash consideration and consideration payable to the customer
- Assumption: contract performed as agreed, neither cancelled, renewed nor modified
- Estimates of variable consideration excluded by the constraint left out of the price
Variable consideration and constraint
AnalysisIFRS 15 §50IFRS 15 §51IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §54IFRS 15IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15IFRS 15
Analysis of the variable consideration
Checklist
- Forms identified (discounts, rebates, refunds, credits, price concessions, incentives, performance bonuses, penalties, right of return, bonus contingent on an event)
- Method retained: the one that better predicts the amount (expected value or most likely amount)
- Method applied consistently throughout the contract, using all reasonably available information
- Consideration the entity expects to refund: refund liability, updated at each reporting date
- Constraint: included only if it is highly probable that no significant reversal of cumulative revenue will occur; likelihood and magnitude examined
- Sales-based or usage-based royalty for a licence: exception dealt with in “Specific arrangements”
- Estimated transaction price and constraint updated at each reporting date
Estimation method retained
ChoiceRequired
Expected value
Expected value / Most likely amount / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The choice between the expected value and the most likely amount is a judgement: the entity uses the method that better predicts the amount to which it will be entitled (para. 53). The constraint (para. 56 to 58) is applied afterwards to the estimate obtained.
Financing component
AnalysisIFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §65
Financing factors examined
Checklist
- Difference between the promised consideration and the cash selling price
- Combined effect of the expected time between transfer and payment and prevailing market interest rates
- Explicit or implicit financing assessed in the light of all facts; revenue at the cash selling price
- Cases without a significant component: advance payment with transfer at the customer's discretion, variable consideration outside the parties' control, difference explained by a reason other than financing
- Interest income or expense presented separately from revenue from contracts with customers
Non-cash consideration and consideration payable to a customer
AnalysisIFRS 15 §66IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15 §70IFRS 15 §71IFRS 15 §72
Points examined
Checklist
- Non-cash consideration at fair value; if it cannot be reasonably estimated, by reference to the stand-alone selling price of the goods or services promised
- Change in fair value for reasons other than the form of the consideration: constraint applies
- Goods or services contributed by the customer to facilitate performance: non-cash consideration if the entity obtains control of them
- Consideration payable to the customer as a reduction of the price, unless it pays for a distinct good or service (excess over fair value as a reduction)
- Reduction of revenue at the later of recognition of the related revenue and payment or promise to pay
Transaction price and financing
CalculationsIFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §66IFRS 15 §70
Estimate under the expected value (sum of probability-weighted amounts)
Calculation
25,000
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Estimate under the most likely amount (amount of the scenario with the highest probability)
Calculation
30,000
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Both estimates are shown for comparison; only the one under the method retained (para. 53) is subject to the constraint (para. 56 to 58) before inclusion in the price.
Transaction price (fixed + variable included + non-cash − consideration payable to the customer − amounts for third parties)
CalculationRequired
910,000
Fixed consideration promised ; Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint ; Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer ; − Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value) ; − Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
If the price includes a significant financing component, enter the fixed consideration at the cash selling price at the date of transfer (para. 61): for a deferred payment, this is the present value calculated below; for an advance received, it is the amount received plus interest at the rate retained up to transfer (teaching input assumption).
Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Calculation
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %) ; Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Total interest over the financing period (nominal − present value)
Calculation
0
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; − Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Deferred payment: interest = nominal consideration − present value. Advance received: enter as promised consideration the cash selling price at transfer; the present value obtained is the amount received and the difference is the total interest expense (teaching input assumption).
Journal entries
EntriesInterest expense on an advance received
Entry
Debit Interest expense ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained) ; Credit Contract liability ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
To be used when the customer finances the entity through an advance: interest increases the contract liability and is presented separately from revenue (para. 65).
Interest income on a deferred payment
Entry
Debit Receivable ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained) ; Credit Interest income ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
To be used when the entity finances the customer through a deferred payment; only one of the two interest entries applies, depending on the direction of the financing retained.
Constraint and financing
JudgmentIFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62
Constraint on variable consideration
JudgmentRequired
Estimate entirely excluded from the price at this stage
Estimate included in full: significant reversal highly improbable / Estimate partly included: only the part without risk of significant reversal / Estimate entirely excluded from the price at this stage / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The standard sets no numerical threshold: the entity weighs the likelihood and magnitude of a reversal and the factors that increase that risk (para. 57). The amount retained is entered as variable consideration included.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Significant financing component
JudgmentRequired
No significant financing component
Significant component, deferred payment: the entity finances the customer (interest income) / Significant component, advance payment: the customer finances the entity (interest expense) / No significant financing component
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionTransaction price supported, constraint documented and effects of financing
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The constraint is documentedPass
- The existence of a financing component is assessedPass
- The transaction price is determinedPass
- For a deferred payment, the present value agrees with the cash selling price observedNot evaluated
- The interest expense entry is balancedNot evaluated
- The interest income entry is balancedNot evaluated
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 0
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
- File and entity
- Software publisher: loyalty programme, multi-year advance payment and costs of obtaining contracts
- Case tasks documented here
- Does the Mutuelle Horizon contract contain a significant financing component and which rate should be used?
- Calculate the present value of the price payable on delivery and determine the transaction price.
- Calculate the total interest, the interest of each year and the contract liability at the reporting date.
- Record the interest entry for the year.
Inputs
InputsPricing terms of the contract (fixed price, discounts, rebates, bonuses, penalties, payment schedule)
TextRequired
Fixed consideration promised
NumberRequired
1,210,000
Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
Number
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Table
The scenarios and their probabilities are the entity's estimates based on reasonably available information (historical, current and forecast); the standard sets no probability (para. 54).
Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint
Number
Amount retained after assessing the constraint (para. 56 and 57): at most the estimate calculated, and only the part for which a significant reversal of cumulative revenue is highly probable not to occur. This amount results from a documented judgement of the entity.
Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer
Number
Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value)
Number
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount)
Number
1,210,000
Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %)
Number
10 %
The rate reflects the credit risk of the party financed and any collateral; it can be obtained by discounting the consideration to the cash selling price and is not updated afterwards (para. 64). The figure is a documented estimate of the entity, never set by the standard.
Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Number
2 units
Cash selling price observed, where available (deferred payment)
Number
Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
Number
100,000
Share for the period of the total interest calculated below; over the whole financing period, the sum of the interest of the periods equals that total. Interest is recognised only to the extent that a contract asset, a receivable or a contract liability is recognised (para. 65).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Components of the transaction price
AnalysisIFRS 15 §46IFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §48IFRS 15 §49
Components examined
ChecklistRequired
- Contract terms and customary business practices considered
- Amounts collected on behalf of third parties excluded
- Fixed consideration, variable consideration or both; effects of variable consideration, financing, non-cash consideration and consideration payable to the customer
- Assumption: contract performed as agreed, neither cancelled, renewed nor modified
- Estimates of variable consideration excluded by the constraint left out of the price
Variable consideration and constraint
AnalysisIFRS 15 §50IFRS 15 §51IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §54IFRS 15IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15IFRS 15
Analysis of the variable consideration
Checklist
- Forms identified (discounts, rebates, refunds, credits, price concessions, incentives, performance bonuses, penalties, right of return, bonus contingent on an event)
- Method retained: the one that better predicts the amount (expected value or most likely amount)
- Method applied consistently throughout the contract, using all reasonably available information
- Consideration the entity expects to refund: refund liability, updated at each reporting date
- Constraint: included only if it is highly probable that no significant reversal of cumulative revenue will occur; likelihood and magnitude examined
- Sales-based or usage-based royalty for a licence: exception dealt with in “Specific arrangements”
- Estimated transaction price and constraint updated at each reporting date
Estimation method retained
ChoiceRequired
Not applicable: no variable consideration
Expected value / Most likely amount / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The choice between the expected value and the most likely amount is a judgement: the entity uses the method that better predicts the amount to which it will be entitled (para. 53). The constraint (para. 56 to 58) is applied afterwards to the estimate obtained.
Financing component
AnalysisIFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §65
Financing factors examined
Checklist
- Difference between the promised consideration and the cash selling price
- Combined effect of the expected time between transfer and payment and prevailing market interest rates
- Explicit or implicit financing assessed in the light of all facts; revenue at the cash selling price
- Cases without a significant component: advance payment with transfer at the customer's discretion, variable consideration outside the parties' control, difference explained by a reason other than financing
- Interest income or expense presented separately from revenue from contracts with customers
Non-cash consideration and consideration payable to a customer
AnalysisIFRS 15 §66IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15 §70IFRS 15 §71IFRS 15 §72
Points examined
Checklist
- Non-cash consideration at fair value; if it cannot be reasonably estimated, by reference to the stand-alone selling price of the goods or services promised
- Change in fair value for reasons other than the form of the consideration: constraint applies
- Goods or services contributed by the customer to facilitate performance: non-cash consideration if the entity obtains control of them
- Consideration payable to the customer as a reduction of the price, unless it pays for a distinct good or service (excess over fair value as a reduction)
- Reduction of revenue at the later of recognition of the related revenue and payment or promise to pay
Transaction price and financing
CalculationsIFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §66IFRS 15 §70
Estimate under the expected value (sum of probability-weighted amounts)
Calculation
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Estimate under the most likely amount (amount of the scenario with the highest probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Both estimates are shown for comparison; only the one under the method retained (para. 53) is subject to the constraint (para. 56 to 58) before inclusion in the price.
Transaction price (fixed + variable included + non-cash − consideration payable to the customer − amounts for third parties)
CalculationRequired
1,210,000
Fixed consideration promised ; Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint ; Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer ; − Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value) ; − Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
If the price includes a significant financing component, enter the fixed consideration at the cash selling price at the date of transfer (para. 61): for a deferred payment, this is the present value calculated below; for an advance received, it is the amount received plus interest at the rate retained up to transfer (teaching input assumption).
Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Calculation
1,000,000
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %) ; Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Total interest over the financing period (nominal − present value)
Calculation
210,000
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; − Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Deferred payment: interest = nominal consideration − present value. Advance received: enter as promised consideration the cash selling price at transfer; the present value obtained is the amount received and the difference is the total interest expense (teaching input assumption).
Journal entries
EntriesInterest expense on an advance received
Entry
Account Debit Credit Interest expense 100,000 Contract liability 100,000 To be used when the customer finances the entity through an advance: interest increases the contract liability and is presented separately from revenue (para. 65).
Interest income on a deferred payment
Entry
Account Debit Credit Receivable 100,000 Interest income 100,000 To be used when the entity finances the customer through a deferred payment; only one of the two interest entries applies, depending on the direction of the financing retained.
Constraint and financing
JudgmentIFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62
Constraint on variable consideration
JudgmentRequired
Not applicable: no variable consideration
Estimate included in full: significant reversal highly improbable / Estimate partly included: only the part without risk of significant reversal / Estimate entirely excluded from the price at this stage / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The standard sets no numerical threshold: the entity weighs the likelihood and magnitude of a reversal and the factors that increase that risk (para. 57). The amount retained is entered as variable consideration included.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Significant financing component
JudgmentRequired
Significant component, advance payment: the customer finances the entity (interest expense)
Significant component, deferred payment: the entity finances the customer (interest income) / Significant component, advance payment: the customer finances the entity (interest expense) / No significant financing component
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionTransaction price supported, constraint documented and effects of financing
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The constraint is documentedPass
- The existence of a financing component is assessedPass
- The transaction price is determinedPass
- For a deferred payment, the present value agrees with the cash selling price observedNot evaluated
- The interest expense entry is balancedPass
- The interest income entry is balancedPass
- Assets
- 100,000
- Liabilities
- 100,000
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
- File and entity
- Professional file: revenue review of an industrial and services group
- Case tasks documented here
- Estimate the early acceptance bonus of the Kervalo contract.
- Which estimation method applies and which part of the bonus is included in the transaction price?
- Determine the transaction price of the Kervalo contract after the amendment.
- Analyse the Montclair deferred payment and determine the transaction price of the sale.
- Calculate the interest of the financing component and the Montclair receivable at the reporting date.
- Record the entries of the file.
Inputs
InputsPricing terms of the contract (fixed price, discounts, rebates, bonuses, penalties, payment schedule)
TextRequired
Fixed consideration promised
NumberRequired
3,100,000
Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
Number
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Table
BONUS_EARNED · ACCEPTANCE_BY_31_MARCH_20X5 · 180,000 · 65 | NO_BONUS · LATER_ACCEPTANCE · 0 · 35
The scenarios and their probabilities are the entity's estimates based on reasonably available information (historical, current and forecast); the standard sets no probability (para. 54).
Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint
Number
0
Amount retained after assessing the constraint (para. 56 and 57): at most the estimate calculated, and only the part for which a significant reversal of cumulative revenue is highly probable not to occur. This amount results from a documented judgement of the entity.
Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer
Number
Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value)
Number
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount)
Number
Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %)
Number
The rate reflects the credit risk of the party financed and any collateral; it can be obtained by discounting the consideration to the cash selling price and is not updated afterwards (para. 64). The figure is a documented estimate of the entity, never set by the standard.
Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Number
Cash selling price observed, where available (deferred payment)
Number
Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
Number
Share for the period of the total interest calculated below; over the whole financing period, the sum of the interest of the periods equals that total. Interest is recognised only to the extent that a contract asset, a receivable or a contract liability is recognised (para. 65).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Components of the transaction price
AnalysisIFRS 15 §46IFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §48IFRS 15 §49
Components examined
ChecklistRequired
- Contract terms and customary business practices considered
- Amounts collected on behalf of third parties excluded
- Fixed consideration, variable consideration or both; effects of variable consideration, financing, non-cash consideration and consideration payable to the customer
- Assumption: contract performed as agreed, neither cancelled, renewed nor modified
- Estimates of variable consideration excluded by the constraint left out of the price
Variable consideration and constraint
AnalysisIFRS 15 §50IFRS 15 §51IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §54IFRS 15IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15IFRS 15
Analysis of the variable consideration
Checklist
- Forms identified (discounts, rebates, refunds, credits, price concessions, incentives, performance bonuses, penalties, right of return, bonus contingent on an event)
- Method retained: the one that better predicts the amount (expected value or most likely amount)
- Method applied consistently throughout the contract, using all reasonably available information
- Consideration the entity expects to refund: refund liability, updated at each reporting date
- Constraint: included only if it is highly probable that no significant reversal of cumulative revenue will occur; likelihood and magnitude examined
- Sales-based or usage-based royalty for a licence: exception dealt with in “Specific arrangements”
- Estimated transaction price and constraint updated at each reporting date
Estimation method retained
ChoiceRequired
Most likely amount
Expected value / Most likely amount / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The choice between the expected value and the most likely amount is a judgement: the entity uses the method that better predicts the amount to which it will be entitled (para. 53). The constraint (para. 56 to 58) is applied afterwards to the estimate obtained.
Financing component
AnalysisIFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §65
Financing factors examined
Checklist
- Difference between the promised consideration and the cash selling price
- Combined effect of the expected time between transfer and payment and prevailing market interest rates
- Explicit or implicit financing assessed in the light of all facts; revenue at the cash selling price
- Cases without a significant component: advance payment with transfer at the customer's discretion, variable consideration outside the parties' control, difference explained by a reason other than financing
- Interest income or expense presented separately from revenue from contracts with customers
Non-cash consideration and consideration payable to a customer
AnalysisIFRS 15 §66IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15 §70IFRS 15 §71IFRS 15 §72
Points examined
Checklist
- Non-cash consideration at fair value; if it cannot be reasonably estimated, by reference to the stand-alone selling price of the goods or services promised
- Change in fair value for reasons other than the form of the consideration: constraint applies
- Goods or services contributed by the customer to facilitate performance: non-cash consideration if the entity obtains control of them
- Consideration payable to the customer as a reduction of the price, unless it pays for a distinct good or service (excess over fair value as a reduction)
- Reduction of revenue at the later of recognition of the related revenue and payment or promise to pay
Transaction price and financing
CalculationsIFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §66IFRS 15 §70
Estimate under the expected value (sum of probability-weighted amounts)
Calculation
117,000
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Estimate under the most likely amount (amount of the scenario with the highest probability)
Calculation
180,000
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Both estimates are shown for comparison; only the one under the method retained (para. 53) is subject to the constraint (para. 56 to 58) before inclusion in the price.
Transaction price (fixed + variable included + non-cash − consideration payable to the customer − amounts for third parties)
CalculationRequired
3,100,000
Fixed consideration promised ; Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint ; Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer ; − Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value) ; − Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
If the price includes a significant financing component, enter the fixed consideration at the cash selling price at the date of transfer (para. 61): for a deferred payment, this is the present value calculated below; for an advance received, it is the amount received plus interest at the rate retained up to transfer (teaching input assumption).
Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Calculation
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %) ; Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Total interest over the financing period (nominal − present value)
Calculation
0
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; − Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Deferred payment: interest = nominal consideration − present value. Advance received: enter as promised consideration the cash selling price at transfer; the present value obtained is the amount received and the difference is the total interest expense (teaching input assumption).
Journal entries
EntriesInterest expense on an advance received
Entry
Debit Interest expense ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained) ; Credit Contract liability ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
To be used when the customer finances the entity through an advance: interest increases the contract liability and is presented separately from revenue (para. 65).
Interest income on a deferred payment
Entry
Debit Receivable ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained) ; Credit Interest income ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
To be used when the entity finances the customer through a deferred payment; only one of the two interest entries applies, depending on the direction of the financing retained.
Constraint and financing
JudgmentIFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62
Constraint on variable consideration
JudgmentRequired
Estimate entirely excluded from the price at this stage
Estimate included in full: significant reversal highly improbable / Estimate partly included: only the part without risk of significant reversal / Estimate entirely excluded from the price at this stage / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The standard sets no numerical threshold: the entity weighs the likelihood and magnitude of a reversal and the factors that increase that risk (para. 57). The amount retained is entered as variable consideration included.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Significant financing component
JudgmentRequired
No significant financing component
Significant component, deferred payment: the entity finances the customer (interest income) / Significant component, advance payment: the customer finances the entity (interest expense) / No significant financing component
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionTransaction price supported, constraint documented and effects of financing
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The constraint is documentedPass
- The existence of a financing component is assessedPass
- The transaction price is determinedPass
- For a deferred payment, the present value agrees with the cash selling price observedNot evaluated
- The interest expense entry is balancedNot evaluated
- The interest income entry is balancedNot evaluated
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 0
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
- File and entity
- Professional file: revenue review of an industrial and services group
- Case tasks documented here
- Estimate the early acceptance bonus of the Kervalo contract.
- Which estimation method applies and which part of the bonus is included in the transaction price?
- Determine the transaction price of the Kervalo contract after the amendment.
- Analyse the Montclair deferred payment and determine the transaction price of the sale.
- Calculate the interest of the financing component and the Montclair receivable at the reporting date.
- Record the entries of the file.
Inputs
InputsPricing terms of the contract (fixed price, discounts, rebates, bonuses, penalties, payment schedule)
TextRequired
Fixed consideration promised
NumberRequired
1,300,000
Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
Number
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Table
The scenarios and their probabilities are the entity's estimates based on reasonably available information (historical, current and forecast); the standard sets no probability (para. 54).
Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint
Number
Amount retained after assessing the constraint (para. 56 and 57): at most the estimate calculated, and only the part for which a significant reversal of cumulative revenue is highly probable not to occur. This amount results from a documented judgement of the entity.
Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer
Number
Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value)
Number
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount)
Number
1,573,000
Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %)
Number
10 %
The rate reflects the credit risk of the party financed and any collateral; it can be obtained by discounting the consideration to the cash selling price and is not updated afterwards (para. 64). The figure is a documented estimate of the entity, never set by the standard.
Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Number
2 units
Cash selling price observed, where available (deferred payment)
Number
1,300,000
Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
Number
130,000
Share for the period of the total interest calculated below; over the whole financing period, the sum of the interest of the periods equals that total. Interest is recognised only to the extent that a contract asset, a receivable or a contract liability is recognised (para. 65).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Components of the transaction price
AnalysisIFRS 15 §46IFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §48IFRS 15 §49
Components examined
ChecklistRequired
- Contract terms and customary business practices considered
- Amounts collected on behalf of third parties excluded
- Fixed consideration, variable consideration or both; effects of variable consideration, financing, non-cash consideration and consideration payable to the customer
- Assumption: contract performed as agreed, neither cancelled, renewed nor modified
- Estimates of variable consideration excluded by the constraint left out of the price
Variable consideration and constraint
AnalysisIFRS 15 §50IFRS 15 §51IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §54IFRS 15IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15IFRS 15
Analysis of the variable consideration
Checklist
- Forms identified (discounts, rebates, refunds, credits, price concessions, incentives, performance bonuses, penalties, right of return, bonus contingent on an event)
- Method retained: the one that better predicts the amount (expected value or most likely amount)
- Method applied consistently throughout the contract, using all reasonably available information
- Consideration the entity expects to refund: refund liability, updated at each reporting date
- Constraint: included only if it is highly probable that no significant reversal of cumulative revenue will occur; likelihood and magnitude examined
- Sales-based or usage-based royalty for a licence: exception dealt with in “Specific arrangements”
- Estimated transaction price and constraint updated at each reporting date
Estimation method retained
ChoiceRequired
Not applicable: no variable consideration
Expected value / Most likely amount / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The choice between the expected value and the most likely amount is a judgement: the entity uses the method that better predicts the amount to which it will be entitled (para. 53). The constraint (para. 56 to 58) is applied afterwards to the estimate obtained.
Financing component
AnalysisIFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §65
Financing factors examined
Checklist
- Difference between the promised consideration and the cash selling price
- Combined effect of the expected time between transfer and payment and prevailing market interest rates
- Explicit or implicit financing assessed in the light of all facts; revenue at the cash selling price
- Cases without a significant component: advance payment with transfer at the customer's discretion, variable consideration outside the parties' control, difference explained by a reason other than financing
- Interest income or expense presented separately from revenue from contracts with customers
Non-cash consideration and consideration payable to a customer
AnalysisIFRS 15 §66IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15 §70IFRS 15 §71IFRS 15 §72
Points examined
Checklist
- Non-cash consideration at fair value; if it cannot be reasonably estimated, by reference to the stand-alone selling price of the goods or services promised
- Change in fair value for reasons other than the form of the consideration: constraint applies
- Goods or services contributed by the customer to facilitate performance: non-cash consideration if the entity obtains control of them
- Consideration payable to the customer as a reduction of the price, unless it pays for a distinct good or service (excess over fair value as a reduction)
- Reduction of revenue at the later of recognition of the related revenue and payment or promise to pay
Transaction price and financing
CalculationsIFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §66IFRS 15 §70
Estimate under the expected value (sum of probability-weighted amounts)
Calculation
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Estimate under the most likely amount (amount of the scenario with the highest probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Both estimates are shown for comparison; only the one under the method retained (para. 53) is subject to the constraint (para. 56 to 58) before inclusion in the price.
Transaction price (fixed + variable included + non-cash − consideration payable to the customer − amounts for third parties)
CalculationRequired
1,300,000
Fixed consideration promised ; Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint ; Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer ; − Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value) ; − Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
If the price includes a significant financing component, enter the fixed consideration at the cash selling price at the date of transfer (para. 61): for a deferred payment, this is the present value calculated below; for an advance received, it is the amount received plus interest at the rate retained up to transfer (teaching input assumption).
Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Calculation
1,300,000
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %) ; Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Total interest over the financing period (nominal − present value)
Calculation
273,000
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; − Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Deferred payment: interest = nominal consideration − present value. Advance received: enter as promised consideration the cash selling price at transfer; the present value obtained is the amount received and the difference is the total interest expense (teaching input assumption).
Journal entries
EntriesInterest expense on an advance received
Entry
Account Debit Credit Interest expense 130,000 Contract liability 130,000 To be used when the customer finances the entity through an advance: interest increases the contract liability and is presented separately from revenue (para. 65).
Interest income on a deferred payment
Entry
Account Debit Credit Receivable 130,000 Interest income 130,000 To be used when the entity finances the customer through a deferred payment; only one of the two interest entries applies, depending on the direction of the financing retained.
Constraint and financing
JudgmentIFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62
Constraint on variable consideration
JudgmentRequired
Not applicable: no variable consideration
Estimate included in full: significant reversal highly improbable / Estimate partly included: only the part without risk of significant reversal / Estimate entirely excluded from the price at this stage / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The standard sets no numerical threshold: the entity weighs the likelihood and magnitude of a reversal and the factors that increase that risk (para. 57). The amount retained is entered as variable consideration included.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Significant financing component
JudgmentRequired
Significant component, advance payment: the customer finances the entity (interest expense)
Significant component, deferred payment: the entity finances the customer (interest income) / Significant component, advance payment: the customer finances the entity (interest expense) / No significant financing component
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionTransaction price supported, constraint documented and effects of financing
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The constraint is documentedPass
- The existence of a financing component is assessedPass
- The transaction price is determinedPass
- For a deferred payment, the present value agrees with the cash selling price observedPass
- The interest expense entry is balancedPass
- The interest income entry is balancedPass
- Assets
- 130,000
- Liabilities
- 130,000
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
Inputs
InputsPricing terms of the contract (fixed price, discounts, rebates, bonuses, penalties, payment schedule)
TextRequired
Fixed consideration promised
NumberRequired
Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
Number
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Table
The scenarios and their probabilities are the entity's estimates based on reasonably available information (historical, current and forecast); the standard sets no probability (para. 54).
Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint
Number
Amount retained after assessing the constraint (para. 56 and 57): at most the estimate calculated, and only the part for which a significant reversal of cumulative revenue is highly probable not to occur. This amount results from a documented judgement of the entity.
Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer
Number
Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value)
Number
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount)
Number
Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %)
Number
The rate reflects the credit risk of the party financed and any collateral; it can be obtained by discounting the consideration to the cash selling price and is not updated afterwards (para. 64). The figure is a documented estimate of the entity, never set by the standard.
Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Number
Cash selling price observed, where available (deferred payment)
Number
Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
Number
Share for the period of the total interest calculated below; over the whole financing period, the sum of the interest of the periods equals that total. Interest is recognised only to the extent that a contract asset, a receivable or a contract liability is recognised (para. 65).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Components of the transaction price
AnalysisIFRS 15 §46IFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §48IFRS 15 §49
Components examined
ChecklistRequired
- Contract terms and customary business practices considered
- Amounts collected on behalf of third parties excluded
- Fixed consideration, variable consideration or both; effects of variable consideration, financing, non-cash consideration and consideration payable to the customer
- Assumption: contract performed as agreed, neither cancelled, renewed nor modified
- Estimates of variable consideration excluded by the constraint left out of the price
Variable consideration and constraint
AnalysisIFRS 15 §50IFRS 15 §51IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §54IFRS 15IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15IFRS 15
Analysis of the variable consideration
Checklist
- Forms identified (discounts, rebates, refunds, credits, price concessions, incentives, performance bonuses, penalties, right of return, bonus contingent on an event)
- Method retained: the one that better predicts the amount (expected value or most likely amount)
- Method applied consistently throughout the contract, using all reasonably available information
- Consideration the entity expects to refund: refund liability, updated at each reporting date
- Constraint: included only if it is highly probable that no significant reversal of cumulative revenue will occur; likelihood and magnitude examined
- Sales-based or usage-based royalty for a licence: exception dealt with in “Specific arrangements”
- Estimated transaction price and constraint updated at each reporting date
Estimation method retained
ChoiceRequired
Expected value / Most likely amount / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The choice between the expected value and the most likely amount is a judgement: the entity uses the method that better predicts the amount to which it will be entitled (para. 53). The constraint (para. 56 to 58) is applied afterwards to the estimate obtained.
Financing component
AnalysisIFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §65
Financing factors examined
Checklist
- Difference between the promised consideration and the cash selling price
- Combined effect of the expected time between transfer and payment and prevailing market interest rates
- Explicit or implicit financing assessed in the light of all facts; revenue at the cash selling price
- Cases without a significant component: advance payment with transfer at the customer's discretion, variable consideration outside the parties' control, difference explained by a reason other than financing
- Interest income or expense presented separately from revenue from contracts with customers
Non-cash consideration and consideration payable to a customer
AnalysisIFRS 15 §66IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15IFRS 15 §70IFRS 15 §71IFRS 15 §72
Points examined
Checklist
- Non-cash consideration at fair value; if it cannot be reasonably estimated, by reference to the stand-alone selling price of the goods or services promised
- Change in fair value for reasons other than the form of the consideration: constraint applies
- Goods or services contributed by the customer to facilitate performance: non-cash consideration if the entity obtains control of them
- Consideration payable to the customer as a reduction of the price, unless it pays for a distinct good or service (excess over fair value as a reduction)
- Reduction of revenue at the later of recognition of the related revenue and payment or promise to pay
Transaction price and financing
CalculationsIFRS 15 §47IFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §64IFRS 15 §66IFRS 15 §70
Estimate under the expected value (sum of probability-weighted amounts)
Calculation
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Estimate under the most likely amount (amount of the scenario with the highest probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes of the variable consideration (one row per scenario; probabilities in percent, total 100)
Both estimates are shown for comparison; only the one under the method retained (para. 53) is subject to the constraint (para. 56 to 58) before inclusion in the price.
Transaction price (fixed + variable included + non-cash − consideration payable to the customer − amounts for third parties)
CalculationRequired
Fixed consideration promised ; Variable consideration included in the transaction price after the constraint ; Fair value of the non-cash consideration promised by the customer ; − Consideration payable to the customer reducing the price (part that does not pay for a distinct good or service, or exceeds its fair value) ; − Amounts collected on behalf of third parties (some sales taxes, for example)
If the price includes a significant financing component, enter the fixed consideration at the cash selling price at the date of transfer (para. 61): for a deferred payment, this is the present value calculated below; for an advance received, it is the amount received plus interest at the rate retained up to transfer (teaching input assumption).
Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Calculation
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; Discount rate retained (rate of a separate financing transaction between the entity and the customer at inception, in %) ; Time between payment and transfer (number of annual periods)
Total interest over the financing period (nominal − present value)
Calculation
Promised consideration whose payment is not aligned with the transfer (nominal amount) ; − Present value of the consideration entered (cash selling price for a deferred payment; amount received for an advance)
Deferred payment: interest = nominal consideration − present value. Advance received: enter as promised consideration the cash selling price at transfer; the present value obtained is the amount received and the difference is the total interest expense (teaching input assumption).
Journal entries
EntriesInterest expense on an advance received
Entry
Debit Interest expense ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained) ; Credit Contract liability ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
To be used when the customer finances the entity through an advance: interest increases the contract liability and is presented separately from revenue (para. 65).
Interest income on a deferred payment
Entry
Debit Receivable ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained) ; Credit Interest income ← Interest for the period (opening financed balance × rate retained)
To be used when the entity finances the customer through a deferred payment; only one of the two interest entries applies, depending on the direction of the financing retained.
Constraint and financing
JudgmentIFRS 15 §53IFRS 15 §56IFRS 15 §57IFRS 15 §60IFRS 15 §61IFRS 15 §62
Constraint on variable consideration
JudgmentRequired
Estimate included in full: significant reversal highly improbable / Estimate partly included: only the part without risk of significant reversal / Estimate entirely excluded from the price at this stage / Not applicable: no variable consideration
The standard sets no numerical threshold: the entity weighs the likelihood and magnitude of a reversal and the factors that increase that risk (para. 57). The amount retained is entered as variable consideration included.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Significant financing component
JudgmentRequired
Significant component, deferred payment: the entity finances the customer (interest income) / Significant component, advance payment: the customer finances the entity (interest expense) / No significant financing component
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionTransaction price supported, constraint documented and effects of financing
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References