Chapter 6 Homework

1.   Ski West, Inc., operates a downhill ski area near Lake Tahoe, California. An all-day adult lift ticket can be purchased for $85. Adult customers also can purchase a season pass that entitles the pass holder to ski any day during the season, which typically runs from December 1 through April 30. Ski West expects its season pass holders to use their passes equally throughout the season. The company’s fiscal year ends on December 31.

On November 6, 2021, Jake Lawson purchased a season pass for $450.

Required:

When should Ski West recognize revenue from the sale of its season passes?
Prepare the appropriate journal entries that Ski West would record on November 6 and December 31.
What will be included in the Ski West 2021 income statement and balance sheet related to the sale of the season pass to Jake Lawson?

2.  Video Planet (VP) sells a big screen TV package consisting of a 60-inch plasma TV, a universal remote, and on-site installation by VP staff. The installation includes programming the remote to have the TV interface with other parts of the customer’s home entertainment system. VP concludes that the TV, remote, and installation service are separate performance obligations. VP sells the 60-inch TV separately for $1,700, sells the remote separately for $100, and offers the installation service separately for $200. The entire package sells for $1,900.

Required:

How much revenue would be allocated to the TV, the remote, and the installation service? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

3. Access the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification at the FASB website (www.fasb.org).

Required:

Determine the specific nine-digit Codification citation (XXX-XX-XX-XX) for accounting for each of the following items:

1. What are the five key steps to applying the revenue recognition principle?

2. What are indicators that control has passed from the seller to the buyer, such that it is appropriate to recognize revenue at a point in time?

3. Under what circumstances can sellers recognize revenue over time?

4.  Assume McDonald’s enters into a contract to sell Billy Bear dolls for Toys4U Stores. Based on the contract, McDonald’s displays the dolls in selected stores. Toys4U is not paid until the dolls have been sold by McDonald’s, and unsold dolls are returned to Toys4U.

Has Toys4U satisfied its performance obligation when it delivers the dolls to McDonald’s?

5.   Cutler Education Corporation developed a software product to help children under age 12 learn mathematics. The software contains two separate parts: Basic Level (Level I) and Intermediate Level (Level II). Parents purchase each level separately and are eligible to purchase the access code for Level II only if their children pass the Level I exam.

Kerry purchases the Level I software at a price of $50 for his son, Tom, on December 1. Suppose Tom passed the Level I test on December 10, and Kerry immediately purchased the access code for Level II for an additional $30. Cutler provided Kerry with the access code to Level II on December 20.

Required:
Indicate the date upon which Cutler would recognize revenue for the sale of Level I and Level II software.

6.   

Consider each of the following scenarios separately:

Scenario 1: Crown Construction Company entered into a contract with Star Hotel for building a highly sophisticated, customized conference room to be completed for a fixed price of $400,000. Nonrefundable progress payments are made on a monthly basis for work completed during the month. Legal title to the conference room equipment is held by Crown until the end of the construction project, but if the contract is terminated before the conference room is finished, Star retains the partially completed job and must pay for any work completed to date.

Scenario 2: Regent Company entered into a contract with Star Hotel for constructing and installing a standard designed gym for a fixed price of $400,000. Nonrefundable progress payments are made on a monthly basis for work completed during the month. Legal title to the gym passes to Star upon completion of the building process. If Star cancels the contract before the gym construction is completed, Regent removes all the installed equipment and Star must compensate Regent for any loss of profit on sale of the gym to another customer.

Scenario 3: On January 1, the CostDriver Company, a consulting firm, entered into a three-month contract with Coco Seafood Restaurant to analyze its cost structure in order to find a way to reduce operating costs and increase profits. CostDriver promises to share findings with the restaurant every two weeks and to provide the restaurant with a final analytical report at the end of the contract. This service is customized to Coco, and CostDriver would need to start from scratch if it provided a similar service to another client. Coco promises to pay $5,000 per month. If Coco chooses to terminate the contract, it is entitled to receive a report detailing analyses to that stage.

Scenario 4: Assume International Tower (Phase II) is developing luxury residential real estate and begins to market individual apartments during their construction. The Tower entered into a contract with Edwards for the sale of a specific apartment. Edwards pays a deposit that is refundable only if the Tower fails to deliver the completed apartment in accordance with the contract. The remainder of the purchase price is paid on completion of the contract when Edwards obtains possession of the apartment.

Required:

7. Video Planet (VP) sells a big screen TV package consisting of a 60-inch plasma TV, a universal remote, and on-site installation by VP staff. The installation includes programming the remote to have the TV interface with other parts of the customer’s home entertainment system. VP concludes that the TV, remote, and installation service are separate performance obligations. VP sells the 60-inch TV separately for $1,575, sells the remote separately for $210, and offers the installation service separately for $315. The entire package sells for $2,000.
 
Required:
How much revenue would be allocated to the TV, the remote, and the installation service? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

8.   A New York City daily newspaper called “Manhattan Today” charges an annual subscription fee of $135. Customers prepay their subscriptions and receive 260 issues over the year. To attract more subscribers, the company offered new subscribers the ability to pay $130 for an annual subscription that also would include a coupon to receive a 40% discount on a one-hour ride through Central Park in a horse-drawn carriage. The list price of a carriage ride is $125 per hour. The company estimates that approximately 30% of the coupons will be redeemed.

Required:

How much revenue should Manhattan Today recognize upon receipt of the $130 subscription price?
How many performance obligations exist in this contract?
Prepare the journal entry to recognize sale of 10 new subscriptions, clearly identifying the revenue or deferred revenue associated with each performance obligation.

For each of the scenarios, determine whether the seller should recognize revenue (a) over time or (b) when the product or service is completed.