Slavi Genov
REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS UNDER MULTIPLE-ELEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
Summary:
The study addresses issues associated with the time of origin and recognition of income in accounting. The applied principles and rules, methods and methodologies relevant to the individual economic situations related to the recognition of income are considered and analyzed.
The study is devoted to the recognition of revenue from transactions for the sale of goods or services, the implementation of which is at a certain time or within a certain period. The approaches for revenue recognition in multi-component contracts and transactions are also studied. Execution times for the individual components - goods and services are discussed and the need for a new approach in the reporting of multi-component transactions is clarified. This has been done on the basis of the review of existing and applied approaches and methods and the practice and policies of companies applying the International Accounting Standards in the field of telecommunications in Bulgaria and of large and medium enterprises applying National Accounting Standards for 2019. Since the companies in Bulgaria, based on the requirements of the Accounting Act, prepare and present their annual financial statements, in compliance with the requirements of IAS or NSS, the different approaches are considered and discussed - based on the analysis of the relationship and commonalities and differences between IFRS and NSS. The study and clarification of the main points in multi-component contracts is related to the thesis that knowledge of the basic rules for transfer of control and knowledge of the principles of "unbundling" of individual components is a prerequisite for their proper current accounting and periodic presentation in financial reports, as a result of which their usefulness for the users will increase.
