Area II: Technical Accounting — CPA Practice Question 38

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Two methods: Expected Value (probability weighted) or Most Likely Amount (single outcome). Choose the best predictor. Apply Constraint (only recognize if probable no reversal).

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D.Use either Expected Value or Most Likely Amount, whichever is better predictive, subject to the constraint that significant reversal is not probable.✓ Correct

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ASC 606 requires estimating variable consideration using either the expected value method (sum of probability-weighted amounts) or the most likely amount method (single most likely outcome), depending on which better predicts the amount. The estimate is constrained to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal will not occur.

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Thinking variable consideration is deferred until cash is received.

Under ASC 606, when a contract includes variable consideration (e.g., a performance bonus), how should the transaction price be estimated?

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