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EEma10y ago
I am literally struggling with Revenue. I am stuck in the adjustments I think I am unable to understand the requirement asked by examiner. Can you plz pass the entry and explain that too: Revenue includes $500,000 for the sale on 1st April 2006 of maturing goods to Westwood. The goods had a cost of $200,000 at the date of sale. Wellmay can repurchase the goods on 31 March 2008 for $605,000 (based on achieving a lender's return of 10% per annum) at which time the goods are estimated to have a value of $750,000.   Thanks
MMikeLittleTutor10y ago#1
To get you unstuck, you need to reverse the entry that has been put through to record the sale. It's not a sale! The risks and rewards have not been passed over So, if it's not a sale, what is it? It must be a loan What HAS been recorded is Dr Cash, Credit Revenue $500,000 and the goods have been excluded from inventory What we must now do is reverse that entry so Dr Revenue and Credit Cash $500,000 and now record it as money received by way of loan, so Debit Cash and Credit Loan account $500,000 In addition, we need to bring the cost of those goods back into inventory so reduce Cost of Sales by $200,000 and increase closing inventory on the statement of financial position by $200,000 OK now?
EEma10y ago#2
OK with the above explanation but I am stuck in the whole topic. I some times get out with the answer but mostly I am just blank. I am doing well in contract revenue. But the adjustments as sale is recorded but a loan is in actual. I can judge that it is not sale but a loan. Now Further what ?? I stuck here!
MMikeLittleTutor10y ago#3
It's not a sale It's recorded as a sale So un-record it But we have received cash But if it's not a sale, then what is it? It's a loan Yes, we've received cash Yes, we want to record the cash as a loan But we've already recorded it as a sale So unrecord the sale (dr revenue) and record the loan (Cr loan) Nothing to get stuck on!
EEma10y ago#4
Is this is the case only to be tested at F7 level in revenue?
MMikeLittleTutor10y ago#5
I'm not sure what your question is asking! Are you asking whether this situation is the only situation that is likely to be asked about revenue in an F7 exam? If that's your question ..... no, there are other revenue problems that may be asked! The examiner can ask anything he wants from IFRS 15 What I CAN say is that this situation has been asked on more than one occasion in the past. But so too has the situation where a company has recorded as a sale goods despatched on a sale-or-return basis He's also asked where revenue has been included where our company has sold some goods when acting as agent for another company (should not have included those as revenue in out records)
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