Intermediate Accounting, 8/e 5–87
Exercise 5–36
As written, the question implies that there is no VSOE (vendor specific sales price
evidence), because the question refers to the prices as estimated. Under the
assumption that there is no VSOE, the correct answer to this problem is as follows:
Requirement 1
Requirement 2
July 1, 2016
Cash …………………………………………………………………….. 243,000
If instead the Exercise had said that Easywrite sold each of those components
separately for the amounts listed, Easywrite would have VSOE for each component,
and the correct answer would be:
Requirement 1
Revenue should be recognized as follows:
Software – date of shipment, July 1, 2016
The amounts are determined by an allocation of total contract price in
proportion to the individual fair values of the components if sold separately: