Question

On June 1, 2020, Forde Auto Manufacturer sells a 4-door sedan to a dealer for $6,000, which includes three years of maintenance. The standalone selling price of the vehicle is $6,000 and the standalone selling price of the maintenance contract is $400. In addition, Forde offered a $100 cash incentive (per vehicle purchased) to the dealer if the vehicle was purchased in the first week of June 2020. a. How should the transaction price be allocated among the performance obligation(s) for sales made in the first week of June? b. Prepare Forde’s journal entry to record the sale of vehicles for cash, assuming that dealers purchased 20 vehicles during the first week of June 2020. Ignore the cost of sales entries

Answer 1

Part a

Allocation based on Stand Alone Selling Prices :

1. 4 - door Sedan and the 3 years maintenance contract = $6,400
2. Cash incentive = $100

Part b

Journal entry :

Debit : Cash $130,000

Credit : Revenue - 4 - door Sedan $128,000

Credit : Revenue - Cash incentive $2,000

Step-by-step explanation:

It is important to identify the step in IFRS 15 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which is affected by the question.

Here, Step 2 - Identify the performance obligation in the contract, Step 3 - Determine the Transaction Price, Step 4 - Allocate the Transaction Price to the Performance obligation and Step 5 - Recognize the Revenue as or when the Performance Obligation is Satisfied. These are explained and applied as follows :

Step 2 - Identify the performance obligation in the contract.

Here, identify the individual promises (Performance Obligations) that the entity has committed to transfer to the customer.

Also the entity identifies each performance obligation that is distinct, or a series of distinct Goods or Services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer.

So, the performance obligations are as follows :

1. 4 - door Sedan and the 3 years maintenance contract(these can not be consumed independently from one another)
2. Cash incentive (can be consumed independently from the rest of the performance obligations)

Step 3 - Determine the Transaction Price

Transaction price is the consideration the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange of goods or services transferred to the customer.

Transaction Price is $6,500 ($6,000 + $400 + $100)

Step 4 - Allocate the Transaction Price to the Performance obligation

Allocation of Transaction Price is done based on Stand Alone Selling Prices.

Stand alone selling prices have already been identified :

1. 4 - door Sedan and the 3 years maintenance contract = $6,400
2. Cash incentive = $100

Step 5 - Recognize the Revenue as or when the Performance Obligation is Satisfied

Stand alone for 20 vehicles :

1. 4 - door Sedan and the 3 years maintenance contract = $6,400 x 20 = $128,000
2. Cash incentive = $100 x 20 = $2,000

Journal entry :

Debit : Cash $130,000

Credit : Revenue - 4 - door Sedan $128,000

Credit : Revenue - Cash incentive $2,000