Question

Finerly Corporation sells cosmetics through a network of independent distributors. Finerly shipped cosmetics to its distributors and is considering whether it should record $220,000 of revenue upon shipment of a new line of cosmetics. Finerly expects the distributors to be able to sell the cosmetics, but is uncertain because it has little experience with selling cosmetics of this type. Finerly is committed to accepting the cosmetics back from the distributors if the cosmetics are not sold. How much revenue should Finerly recognize upon delivery to its distributors

Answer 1

The amount of revenue Finerly should recognize upon delivery to its distributors is $0.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question, the following two very important points can be observed:

1. Finerly expects the distributors to be able to sell the cosmetics, but is uncertain because it has little experience with selling cosmetics of this type.

2. Finerly is committed to accepting the cosmetics back from the distributors if the cosmetics are not sold.

Since there is an uncertainty that the the distributors will be able to sell the cosmetics and Finerly is committed to accepting them back from the distributors if they are not sold, these imply that the amount of sales revenue cannot be known or reasonably estimated until when the distributors actually sell the cosmetics.

Therefore, the amount of revenue Finerly should recognize upon delivery to its distributors is $0.