Section 18 – Revenue – FRS102.com IE

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Header – All Pages” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#1e73be” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” global_module=”1221″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” global_parent=”1221″ make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”||5px|” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” global_parent=”1221″ title=”on” meta=”off” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”left” text_color=”light” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_padding=”10px|||” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”30px||0px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” background_color=”#ffffff” global_module=”1228″][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” global_parent=”1228″ make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”30px||0px|” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” global_parent=”1228″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [breadcrumb] [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”FRS 102 Main Menu” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [button link=”https://ie.frs102.com/members/premium-toolkit/” type=”big” color=”red”] Return to FRS 102 Main Index[/button] [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”FRS 105 Main Menu” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [button link=”https://ie.frs102.com/members/premium-toolkit/frs-105/” type=”big” color=”red”] Return to FRS 105 Main Menu[/button] [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Video Heading – Sections” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#ffffff” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_color=”#c6c6c6″ custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px” padding_top_1=”20px” padding_top_2=”20px” padding_left_1=”10px” padding_right_2=”10px”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Section Introduction Video Heading” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_text_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#1e73be” custom_padding=”0px||0px|20px”]

Section 18 – Overview

[/et_pb_text][et_pb_video_slider admin_label=”Video File – Section Introduction” show_image_overlay=”hide” show_arrows=”on” show_thumbnails=”on” controls_color=”light”] [et_pb_video_slider_item admin_title=”Section Video Introduction” background_layout=”dark” src=”https://vimeo.com/202688068″] [/et_pb_video_slider_item] [/et_pb_video_slider][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Section Analysis Videos Heading” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_text_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#1e73be” custom_padding=”0px||0px|20px”]

Section 18 – Analysis Part 1

[/et_pb_text][et_pb_video_slider admin_label=”Video Files – Section Analysis” show_image_overlay=”hide” show_arrows=”on” show_thumbnails=”on” controls_color=”light”] [et_pb_video_slider_item admin_title=”Section Video Analysis” background_layout=”dark” src=”https://vimeo.com/202688702″]

[/et_pb_video_slider_item] [/et_pb_video_slider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_color=”#c6c6c6″ custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px” padding_top_1=”20px” padding_top_2=”20px” padding_left_1=”10px” padding_right_2=”10px”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Section Introduction Video Heading” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_text_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#1e73be” custom_padding=”0px||0px|20px”]

Section 18 – Analysis Part 2

[/et_pb_text][et_pb_video_slider admin_label=”Video File – Section Introduction” show_image_overlay=”hide” show_arrows=”on” show_thumbnails=”on” controls_color=”light”] [et_pb_video_slider_item admin_title=”Section Video Introduction” background_layout=”dark” src=”https://vimeo.com/202689041″] [/et_pb_video_slider_item] [/et_pb_video_slider][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Section Analysis Videos Heading” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_text_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#1e73be” custom_padding=”0px||0px|20px”]

Section 18 – Analysis Part 3

[/et_pb_video_slider_item] [/et_pb_video_slider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ global_module=”6795″][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” global_parent=”6795″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”New Section In Current Tab” global_parent=”6795″ title=”New Section In Current Tab” open=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]

[/et_pb_toggle][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”New Section in New Tab” global_parent=”6795″ title=”New Section in New Tab” open=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]

[/et_pb_toggle][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” global_parent=”1284″ make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” global_parent=”1284″ color=”#1e73be” show_divider=”on” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” divider_weight=”1″ hide_on_mobile=”on” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Section Downloads Heading” global_parent=”1284″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font_size=”14″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” custom_margin=”0px||0px|”]

Section Downloads

[/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs admin_label=”Section Downloads” global_parent=”1284″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_tab title=”Quick Guide” tab_font_select=”default” body_font_select=”default” tab_font=”||||” tab_line_height=”2em” tab_line_height_tablet=”2em” tab_line_height_phone=”2em” body_font=”||||” body_line_height=”2em” body_line_height_tablet=”2em” body_line_height_phone=”2em”]

Downloads

OmniPro FRS 105 Quick Guide (11749 downloads )

FRS 105 Quick Guide - Section 18 (367 downloads )

[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Detailed Guide” tab_font_select=”default” body_font_select=”default” tab_font=”||||” tab_line_height=”2em” tab_line_height_tablet=”2em” tab_line_height_phone=”2em” body_font=”||||” body_line_height=”2em” body_line_height_tablet=”2em” body_line_height_phone=”2em”]

Downloads

FRS 105 Detailed Guide: Section 18 Revenue (734 downloads )

Website Link

Section 18 Detailed Guide

[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Difference Guide” tab_font_select=”default” body_font_select=”default” tab_font=”||||” tab_line_height=”2em” tab_line_height_tablet=”2em” tab_line_height_phone=”2em” body_font=”||||” body_line_height=”2em” body_line_height_tablet=”2em” body_line_height_phone=”2em”]

Downloads

FRS 102 35 Part Differences Quick Guide (859 downloads )

FRS 102 35 Part Differences Guide (581 downloads )

FRS 102 Differences on Transition Checklist (1119 downloads )

FRS 102 Differences on Transition Examples Appendix (1092 downloads )

Fillable Differences on Transition Checklist (866 downloads )

Website Links

Difference Guide – Intangible Assets other than Goodwill

[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Case Studies ” tab_font_select=”default” body_font_select=”default” tab_font=”||||” tab_line_height=”2em” tab_line_height_tablet=”2em” tab_line_height_phone=”2em” body_font=”||||” body_line_height=”2em” body_line_height_tablet=”2em” body_line_height_phone=”2em”]

Downloads

Transition case study FRS 102 to FRS 105 (12638 downloads )

Transition case study FRSSE to FRS 105 (12598 downloads )

Simple Transition Case Study FRS 102-FRS 105 (12572 downloads )

Simple Transition Case Study FRSSE/Old GAAP - FRS 105 (12553 downloads )

[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Disclosures” tab_font_select=”default” body_font_select=”default” tab_font=”||||” tab_line_height=”2em” tab_line_height_tablet=”2em” tab_line_height_phone=”2em” body_font=”||||” body_line_height=”2em” body_line_height_tablet=”2em” body_line_height_phone=”2em”]

Downloads

Section 18 Disclosure Examples (82 downloads )

FRS 102 Disclosure Checklist (PDF) (745 downloads )

Website Links

Disclosure Checklist

[/et_pb_tab] [/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Main Body Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” module_id=” “]

Section 18: Revenue

Summary

Section 18 applies to the accounting for revenue arising from the sale of goods, rendering of services, construction contracts and the use by others of entity assets yielding interest, royalties or dividends. It does not apply to revenue or income arising from transactions and events dealt with in other sections of the standard (e.g. leases, changes in fair value in investment property).

Revenue is measured at the amount receivable taking into account trade discounts, prompt settlement discounts and volume rebates. Revenue only includes the gross inflow of economic benefits for the entity’s own account. A number of examples of revenue recognition in different circumstances are included in an appendix to this section.

What is new when compared to FRSSE/old GAAP?

FRSSE/Old GAAP defined contract revenue and profit, with costs being the derived amount whereas Section 18 defines contract costs and revenue which are recognised in profit (being the derived amount). As a result section 18 does not seek to achieve uniform profit margin in a contract that is not a cost plus contract which is what old GAAP/FRSSE achieved.

Section 18 makes it clear that contract costs include direct costs attributable to contract activity, and any costs specifically chargeable to the customer. Old GAAP/FRSSE was less prescriptive; an entity may have included selling costs in some instances which is not the case under FRS 105.

What is new when compared to previous GAAPs – General?

Section 18 does not require disclosure of the turnover by type, market etc. ROI entities require an accounting policy disclosure. There are no specific disclosures required for construction contracts either (value of sales recognised on long term contracts, amounts due on long term contracts etc.). This compares to FRS 102/old GAAP/FRSSE which requires such disclosures.

What is different when compared to FRSSE/old GAAP?

Old GAAP/FRSSE spreads the guidance on revenue recognition over different sections. However, the overall scope of the guidance across the different sections is equivalent, with the exception of interest, royalties and dividends, for which no guidance is provided under old GAAP/FRSSE.

Old GAAP/FRSSE includes additional guidance, listing the features that indicate that an entity is acting as a principal. Therefore, different judgements may be made regarding principal vs. agent revenue recognition under FRS 105 compared to Old GAAP/FRSSE. The occurrences of a transition adjustment will be limited given the size thresholds of the micro entity regime.

Section 18.5 is very prescriptive on the use of the cash price where payment is deferred on a sale beyond normal credit terms (difference between cash price and amount paid is released to the P&L as interest income on a straight line basis over the life of the contract where material). This contrasts with old GAAP/FRSSE which did not dictate the way in which this should be treated. However in reality is likely that this is the way in which such sales were recognised under old GAAP/FRSSE.

Old GAAP/FRSSE differs from Section 18 as whilst under both GAAPs no accounting recognition should be given to transactions which are artificial or lacking in substance, there is less general guidance on the treatment of exchanges under Old GAAP/FRSSE compared to FRS 105. Therefore, differences in treatment could occur but this will be in limited circumstances.

Section 18A.16 and 18A.17 provides guidance on accounting for customer loyalty programmes and emphasises the need to account for award credits as a separately identifiable component of the initial sales transaction. The award credit should be measured at its relative fair value i.e. the amount for which the award credits could be sold separately and this element of the consideration received deferred.

This contrasts with old GAAP-(FRS 5)/FRSSE which provided very little guidance but did dictate that the adjusted fair value for the voucher should be used and the full fair value of the voucher should be deferred. Therefore, the measurement of the fair value amount may differ. Under old GAAP/FRSSE where fair value was not significant then the award was treated as an inducement and no revenue was deferred. This means that practice varied on the way in which award credits were accounted for under FRS 5 whereas under Section 18, it is made clear how such a transaction should be accounted for.

Old GAAP/FRSSE differs from FRS105 as whilst the definition of a long term contract is similar to a construction contract included in SSAP 9 (old GAAP) and FRSSE, SSAP 9 focuses on the duration of the contract – usually greater than one year (old GAAP/FRSSE also applies to contracts shorter than a year but straddle year-end). There is unlikely to be huge adjustments as a result of this difference.

Section 18.14A provides detailed guidance on contracts for the construction of real estate. No detailed guidance was provided under old GAAP/FRSSE.

Section 18 allows for contracts to be separated or grouped provided that certain criteria are met whereas no such guidance was provided in SSAP 9/old GAAP. In reality there should be no major differences on transition as the principles in old GAAP/FRSSE would have given the same result.

Old GAAP/FRSSE provided detailed guidance on how variations to contracts should be accounted for, however, there is no such guidance in Section 18. It is likely the guidance in old GAAP will continue to be utilised.

What is different when compared to FRS 102

Section 18.26 states that interest income shall be recognised at the constant rate of return on the financial asset or liability. FRS 102 and FRS 26 adopters required that this interest be recognised on an effective interest rate basis. Therefore, entities should evaluate the impact of the change in method. Where the loans were at market rates it is unlikely to result in differences.

Where payment on a sale is deferred beyond normal credit terms, Section 18 requires the sale to be recognised at the cash price and the difference to be recognised as interest income on a straight line basis over the life of the contract. This compares to FRS 102 which requires the difference to be released on an effective interest rate basis.

Other standards impacting revenue where differences arise:

Section 9 – financial instruments – Trade debtors is classed as a financial instrument. Under section 9, where a sale is made on deferred credit terms (which are out of the ordinary) and a financing element is included (which are out of the ordinary and beyond normal credit terms), then the debtor balance needs to be carried initially at the cash value of the transaction. In effect the sale needs to be restated to what the sales value would have been had the financing element not been included. The financing element is then recognised in income on a straight line basis over the life of the contract. Under FRS 102 the financing element was recognised as interest income on an effective interest rate. Therefore this will result in differences however it is likely that they will not be material. There will likely be corporation tax consequences also where the financing period extends over more than one financial year.

What are the key points?

An entity shall recognise revenue from the sale of goods when all the following conditions are satisfied:

the entity has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods;
the entity retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;
the amount of revenue can be measured reliably; (d) it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity; and (e) the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably (Section 18.9).

When the outcome of a transaction involving the rendering of services can be estimated reliably, an entity shall recognise revenue associated with the transaction by reference to the stage of completion of the transaction at the end of the reporting period (sometimes referred to as the percentage of completion method). The outcome of a transaction can be estimated reliably when all the following conditions are satisfied:

the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity;
the stage of completion of the transaction at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
the costs incurred for the transaction and the costs to complete the transaction can be measured reliably (Section 18.13).

An entity shall determine the stage of completion of a transaction or contract using the method that measures most reliably the work performed. Possible methods include:

the proportion that costs incurred for work performed to date bear to the estimated total costs. Costs incurred for work performed to date do not include costs relating to future activity, such as for materials or prepayments;
surveys of work performed; and
completion of a physical proportion of the contract work or the completion of a proportion of the service contract.

Where a loss is expected on a contract, the loss shall be recognised immediately.

When the outcome of a construction contract cannot be estimated reliably then revenue should only be recognised equal to the costs incurred and it is probable the costs will be recovered.

Interest income is recognised at the constant rate of on the financial asset’s carrying amount excluding transaction costs not yet recognised in the profit and loss (i.e. the contractual rate of return).

Royalty income is recognised on an accruals basis.

Dividends are recognised when the shareholder’s right to receive payment is established.

An entity is acting as a principal when it has exposure to the significant risks and rewards associated with the sale of goods or the rendering of service. Features that indicate an entity is acting as principal include:

the entity has primary responsibility for providing the goods or services to the customer or fulfilling the order;
the entity has inventory risk;
the entity has latitude in establishing prices; and
the entity bears the customer’s credit risk.

An entity must defer certain revenue for loyalty schemes.

Agreements for the construction of real estate where the buyer determines the structures and design then it is accounted for on a percentage of completion basis, however where the entity specifies the design and provides construction material then revenue is not recognised until the goods are delivered which is usually at the completion of the contract.

What do accountants need to do?

Be aware of the differences between the old and new standard and advise clients of these differences.

Review their client portfolios for clients that issue credit/operate loyalty programmes to ensure they meet the requirements of FRS 105, as well as identifying clients who provide extended payment terms where the cash price will now have to be utilised and the financing element recognised on a straight line basis (as opposed to the effective interest rate under FRS 102).

What do companies need to do?

Be aware of the differences between the old and new standard and assess if any adjustments are required.

Construction companies should review its long term contracts and ensure that the way in which the method of completion is determined is in line with FRS 105.

Ensure sales on extended credit are recognised at the cash price.

[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]