Complex Revenue Scenarios Under IFRS 15

IFRS Financial Accounting Standards · 4:05

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[Verse 1]
When the price keeps changing in your deal
Variable consideration makes it real
Estimate your best guess from the start
Constraint the revenue, play it smart
Only when it's highly probable to stay
Recognition comes another day

[Chorus]
IFRS fifteen makes it clear and bright
Variable, Modify, Principal's right
Bill and hold when control has passed
License the IP to make it last
Complex scenarios, step by step
Revenue recognition you can't forget

[Verse 2]
Contract modifications change the game
New goods or services aren't the same
If distinct and priced at standalone rate
Separate contract you must create
But if not distinct or not at price
Modify existing, roll the dice

[Chorus]
IFRS fifteen makes it clear and bright
Variable, Modify, Principal's right
Bill and hold when control has passed
License the IP to make it last
Complex scenarios, step by step
Revenue recognition you can't forget

[Verse 3]
Are you principal or just an agent here
The question that accountants always fear
Control the good before you pass it on
Principal treatment, your revenue's strong
But if you're just arranging for another
Agent fees are all you can recover

[Bridge]
Bill and hold seems simple but beware
Customer must want it, you must care
Storage space identified and real
Reason for arrangement sealed the deal
Control transfers though you hold the goods
Revenue timing's understood

[Verse 4]
Licensing intellectual property rights
Functional or symbolic, different sights
If functional, recognize at point in time
Symbolic needs a pattern, paradigm
Over time as customer receives
The benefit your license achieves

[Chorus]
IFRS fifteen makes it clear and bright
Variable, Modify, Principal's right
Bill and hold when control has passed
License the IP to make it last
Complex scenarios, step by step
Revenue recognition you can't forget

[Outro]
From estimates to modifications too
Principal agent, what will you do
Bill and hold and licensing deals
IFRS fifteen shows what's real

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