Intermediate Accounting, 8/e 5–107
Problem 5–5
Requirement 1
The contract requires 6 payments of $20,000, plus or minus $10,000 at the end of
the contract. So the contract will provide either [(6 $20,000) + $10,000] =
$130,000, or [(6 $20,000) – $10,000] = $110,000.
Revis would estimate the expected value of the transaction price as follows:
Possible Expected
Prices Probability Consideration
$130,000 ([$20,000 6] + $10,000) 80% $104,000
Requirement 2
After six months the bonus receivable will have accumulated to $6,000 (6