Question 3 - Revenue
a) A telecommunications company enters into a contract with a
customer. Under the contract, the company promises to provide to
the customer 4 GB data, 300 minutes of talk time, and 500 texts for
$36.
Required:
Briefly explain how the telecommunications company should account
for the contract under NZ IFRS 15. You need to refer to the
relevant requirements but not to any specific paragraph of NZ IFRS
15.
b) A company sells mobile phone sets for $99 each. The company's
cost of each phone set is $70. The phone set became very popular
with its customers. Near the end of the financial year, 5000
customers purchased the phone set from the company. The company
allows its customers to return the phone set within 14 days if they
have not unpacked the set. The return period has not expired for
any phone set sold by the end of the year. The company expects,
based on its past experience, that 1% of its customers will return
the phone set.
Required:
i) Prepare the journal entries in the books of the company to
record the transaction.
ii) Explain why the transaction is recorded in this manner using NZ
IFRS 15 requirements.
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