Class Act Research Paper

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CLASS ACT The agreement entered by Class Act and Broadway Venues includes two deliverables: [1] Class Acts grants Broadway Venues the exclusive rights within the U.S to arrange and schedule a tour of “Pencil Pushers” at various theaters owned by Broadway Venues (the exclusive rights deliverable), and [2] Class Acts will provide a fully rehearsed and directed first class touring of the production (the production deliverable). This agreement is an instance of a company (Class Acts) providing multiple products or services (“deliverables”) to its client under a single arrangement; thus the guidance included in ASC 605-25 is applicable. SEPARABILITY ASC 605-25 stipulates guidance on the separability of deliverables included in…show more content…
Therefore, when determining the amount of allocable arrangement consideration, the 65% of gate fees receivable by Class Act (regardless of the probability of receipt) should not be included in allocable arrangement consideration prior to satisfaction of the associated production presentation. Those types of fees should not be included in allocable arrangement consideration until the events that give rise to the consideration occur, even if it is probable that the event will occur or amounts will be received by the vendor. Hence, the consideration allocated to the multiple-deliverables contract in question is the $5 million sum. The 65% of gate receipts would be allocated to each production performance even though they are considered a single accounting unit for the…show more content…
However, delivery and rendering of the service has not yet occurred as it pertains to the exclusivity rights. According to SAB Topic 13, in licensing and similar arrangements (e.g., licenses of motion pictures, software, technology, and other intangibles), the staff believes that delivery does not occur for revenue recognition purposes until the license term begins. Accordingly, if a licensed product or technology is physically delivered to the customer, but the license term has not yet begun, revenue should not be recognized prior to inception of the license term. Upon inception of the license term, revenue should be recognized in a manner consistent with the nature of the transaction and the earnings process. As applied to this case, the exclusivity right does not begin its term of four years until the opening of the tour so the $5 million revenue should not be recognized until that opening date and it should be recognized evenly over the four year duration of the contract. The $3 million received to date should be accounted for as unearned revenue. The other two requirements are met since the $5 million fee is fixed and according to the facts provided, collectability of the remaining funs is deemed

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