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WorkpaperIFRS 15 — Revenue from Contracts with CustomersL2 · L3 · L4

Determining the transaction price

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Objective of the workpaper

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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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.
1

Inputs

Inputs
  • Pricing 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).

2

Supporting evidence

Evidence
  • Evidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)

    EvidenceRequired

3

Components of the transaction price

Analysis

IFRS 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
4

Variable consideration and constraint

Analysis

IFRS 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.

5

Financing component

Analysis

IFRS 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
6

Non-cash consideration and consideration payable to a customer

Analysis

IFRS 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
7

Transaction price and financing

Calculations

IFRS 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).

8

Journal entries

Entries
  • Interest 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.

9

Constraint and financing

Judgment

IFRS 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

10

Conclusion

Conclusion
  • Transaction price supported, constraint documented and effects of financing

    ConclusionRequired

11

Financial statement impact

FS impact
  • Impact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)

    TableRequired

12

Normative references

References
  • Paragraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)

    References

13

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
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Profit or loss
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Equity
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