Revenue recognition in case of alternate arrangements
Consignment arrangements:
Meaning: When
an entity delivers a product to another party (such as a dealer or a
distributor) for sale to end customers, it may be considered as held in a consignment arrangement, if that other party has not obtained control of the product.
Consignment arrangement indicators:
Indictaors that an arrangement is a consignment arrangement includes the following: (not exhaustive indicators)
(a) product is controlled by the entity until a specified event occurs, such as sale of the product to end customer of the dealer or until a specified period expires
(b) entity can get the product returned or transfered to third party (such as another dealer) and
(c) dealer is not under unconditional obligation to pay for the product (although it might be required to pay a deposit).
Revenue recognition:
For purpose of revenue recognition, entity shall evaluate whether that other party has obtained control of the product at that point in time.
it shall not recognise revenue merely upon
delivery of product to the another party, since the product is considered to be held on
consignment.
Meaning: bill-and-hold arrangement is a contract under which an entity bills a customer for a product but, retains physical possession of the product until it is transferred to the customer at a point in time in the future.
Scenario: arrangement where a customer may request an entity to enter into such a contract because of the customer’s lack of available space for the product or because of delays in the customer’s production schedules.
Assess completion of performance obligation:
1) Customer obtaining control: : For the purpose of determining whether the entity has satisfied its performance obligation, the entity shall determine when the customer obtains control of that product.
Customer is considered to have obtained the control of the product, when
a) customer has the ability to direct the use of and
b) obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from, the product even though it has decided not to exercise its right to take physical possession of that product.
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Consequently, the selling entity does not control the product. Instead what the selling entity does in these cases is, it entity provides custodial services to the customer over the customer’s asset.
2) Additional criteria: In addition to above requirements, all of the following criteria must be met:
(a) reason for bill-and-hold arrangement must be substantive (for example, the customer has requested the arrangement)
(b) product must be capable of being identified separately as belonging to the customer
(c) the product currently must be ready for physical transfer to the customer and
(d) the entity cannot have the ability to use the product or to direct it to another customer.
Revenue recognition: If an entity recognises revenue for the sale of a product on a bill- and-hold basis, it shall also determine whether it has fulfilled the remaining performance obligations for example, for custodial services, to which the entity shall allocate a portion of the transaction price accordingly.