Intermediate Accounting: Reporting and Analysis
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ISBN: 9781285453828
Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 5C
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Enumerate the propriety of timing the recognition of revenue in Company S’s accounts with the cash sale of the magazine subscription.
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To determine
Enumerate the propriety of timing the recognition of revenue in Company S’s accounts with the publication of the magazine every month.
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InstructionsDiscuss the propriety of timing the recognition of revenue in Piper Publishing Company’s accounts with:(a) The cash sale of the magazine subscription.(b) The publication of the magazine every month.(c) Over time, as the magazines are published and delivered to customers.
After the presentation of your report on the examination of the financial statements to the
board of directors of Piper Publishing Company, one of the new directors expresses surprise
that the income statement assumes that an equal proportion of the revenue is recognized with
the publication of every issue of the company's magazine. She feels that the "crucial event" in
the process of earning revenue in the magazine business is the cash sale of the subscription.
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period of the cash sale.
Instructions
Discuss the propriety of timing the recognition of revenue in Piper Publishing Company's
accounts with:
a. The cash sale of the magazine subscription.
b. The publication of the magazine every month.
c. Over time, as the magazines are published and delivered to customers.
How can the enhancing characteristic timeliness be improved in high-quality accounting information? Do not simply repeat what it is, provide suggestions as to how a particular part of the enhancing characteristic could be improved.
Please provide different answers and explanations than copy and pasting:
“Timeliness matters for accounting information because it competes with other information. For example, if a company issues its financial statements a year after its accounting period, users of financial statements would find it difficult to determine how well the company is doing in the present.”
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