Running a Profitable Business - Revenue Recognition - Revenue recognition determines when a sale should be recorded: This month or next month? This year or next year? This seems like an easy question until you consider situations in which a company sells a package of goods and services for one joint price, aka multi-element transactions.
But without recognizing revenue, a company can't hope to report any profit. Accordingly, company management is typically under great pressure to recognize revenue as soon as possible. Want to understand these concepts better? The PMI Registered Education Provider logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Join professors Jim and Kay Stice as they introduce the theory, practice, and implications of revenue recognition. Together they demonstrate how this seemingly innocent accounting topic can turn a reported profit into a reported loss, sometimes with multibillion dollar implications for company values.
Topics include:
- Defining revenue recognition
- Timing revenue recognition
- Understanding multi-element transactions
- Valuing companies Profitable Business
- Reviewing the great revenue frauds and scandals of history Profitable Business
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