Revenue-Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry 1) In late 2000‚ Lucent announced that revenues would be adjusted downwards by $679m as a result of revenue recognition problems. Yet the firm’s market capitalization plummeted by $24.7bn. Why do you think the market reacted so negatively to Lucent’s announcements of the problems? The large drop in market capitalization is probably due to several factors. Historically‚ Lucent had successfully met analysts’ projections for
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correct decision about the revenue for the period. The percentage of completion method refers to the income earned by the contractor determined on the basis of progress of the contract. Under this method‚ current assets may include costs and recognized income not yet billed with respect to certain contracts. This method is most commonly used in the construction industry‚ where very long-term construction projects would otherwise keep a company from revealing any revenues or expenses on its financial
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Case 07-2: Western Aluminum Introduction Western Aluminum‚ INC expanded its operations through the acquisition of Smelter. By the end of 2007‚ Smelter is projected to produce 30% of Western Aluminum’s inventory. Western Aluminum evaluated its current practices in comparison to Smelters current FIFO Inventory management system and issued a proposal to change their inventory valuation method from LIFO to FIFO. Factors to Consider Western Aluminum addressed multiple topics to validate their
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Case 12-7 Facts: Rossi Inc.: Asbestos Litigation Liability: The cost of settlement and defensed costs relating to currently pending claims and future claims for losses incurred to date. Liabilities recorded per/as at Dec 31. 2009 2008 2007 Rossi Inc. $962m $1‚055m $469m Thompson (External Specialist) $1124m $1‚055m Internal Actuarial Specialist $907m‚ $1‚184m‚ and $1‚514m The 2007 claim estimate is projected through 2011. The 2008 and 2009 estimate are projected through 2017
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Financial Reporting and Analysis – ACG6175 Date: 5/18/09 Revenue Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry 1 – In late 2000‚ Lucent announced that revenues would be adjusted downwards by $679 million as a result of revenue recognition problems. Yet the firms market capitalization plummeted by $24.7 billion. Why do you think the market reacted so negatively to Lucent’s announcements of the problems? There is usually a grey zone between aggressive accounting‚ which
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Vol. 9‚ No. 3‚ May 2009‚ pp. 145–147 issn 1532-0545 09 0903 0145 informs ® Additional information‚ including supplemental material and rights and permission policies‚ is available at http://ite.pubs.informs.org. I N F O R M S Transactions on Education doi 10.1287/ited.1090.0033cs2 © 2009 INFORMS Case Series BlueSky Airlines: Network Revenue Management Tuck School of Business‚ Dartmouth College‚ Hanover‚ New Hampshire 03755‚ robert.shumsky@dartmouth.edu Robert A. Shumsky
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Revenue recognition on FASB and IASB convergence process I. CONVERGENCE OF U.S. GAAP AND IFRS Since 2002‚ Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) have been working toward “convergence” of US General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). They have made significant progress in efforts to converge critical accounting standards such as those dealing with revenue recognition‚
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Issues With Revenue Recognition within the Software Industry The Isoft Example Financial Controller-SoftWarehouse Ltd This report has been prepared for the Board of Directors of SoftWarehouse Ltd for elucidation about the contentious issues that have given rise to the publication of the article concerning Isoft’s issues with revenue recognition. Finally‚ it will also assess whether or not these issues are likely to affect SoftWarehouse Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary: 3 Introduction:
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Revenue recognition is a very important component of financial accounting and reporting. The accounting principles governing revenue recognition can have a big impact on corporate accounting and the way contracts are structured with customers. As a part of ongoing discussions to converge U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ some proposals to change revenue recognition have been discussed. The following will discuss revenue
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Recently in June 2010‚ the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standard Board initiated a joint project and released an exposure draft named Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This exposure draft emphasizes the status of revenue in assessing financial statements and states that revenue is conclusive in assessing a company’s operating situation and developing prospects. This statement has a profound influence on accounting industry and has lead to a wide range
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