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Pirate Wireless: Revenue Recognition in the Telecommunications Industry

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  • Theresa F. Henry
  • David P. Mest
  • Mona L. Safar

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Pirate Wireless is a telecommunications company with stores and offices all over the globe. Jim Bayley is an extremely busy professional who enters into a contract with Pirate Wireless for the ultimate purchase of a smartphone with one‐year warranty, voice and data services, Cryptonite encryption software, and an extended warranty. The case requires students to act as Assistant Controller of Pirate Wireless Corporate and determine the appropriate revenue recognition for Pirate Wireless's contract with Jim Bayley. This mandates a thorough review of the five steps of revenue recognition set forth in Revenue from Contracts with Customers, the jointly converged standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in May 2014. The FASB's Accounting Standards Codification 606 is effective for all U.S. public entities for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2017. The IASB's International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 15 applies to an entity's first annual IFRS financial statements for a period beginning on or after January 1, 2018. This case is appropriate for an undergraduate or graduate level Intermediate Accounting course. Pirate wireless : comptabilisation des produits dans le secteur des télécommunications Pirate Wireless est une société de télécommunications qui compte des magasins et des bureaux partout dans le monde. Jim Bayley, un professionnel fort occupé, signe une entente contractuelle avec Pirate Wireless visant l'achat ultime d'un téléphone intelligent assorti d'une garantie d'un an, de services voix‐données, d'un logiciel de chiffrement Cryptonite et d'une garantie prolongée. Dans l'analyse du cas qui leur est soumis, les étudiants sont appelés à jouer le rôle de contrôleur adjoint de la société Pirate Wireless et à déterminer la méthode de comptabilisation des produits appropriée au contrat que la société a conclu avec Jim Bayley. Cette tâche exige une étude approfondie des cinq étapes de la comptabilisation des produits décrites dans Produits des activités ordinaires tirés de contrats conclus avec des clients, la norme convergente établie conjointement par le Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) et l'International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) en mai 2014. L'Accounting Standards Codification 606 du FASB s'applique à toutes les entités à ouvertes des États‐Unis pour les exercices se terminant après le 15 décembre 2017. La Norme internationale d'information financière (IFRS) 15 de l'IASB s'applique aux premiers états financiers annuels de l'entité établis selon les IFRS relativement à un exercice ouvert à compter du 1er janvier 2018. Ce cas s'adresse aux étudiants des cours de comptabilité intermédiaire de premier cycle ou de cycle supérieur.

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  • Theresa F. Henry & David P. Mest & Mona L. Safar, 2019. "Pirate Wireless: Revenue Recognition in the Telecommunications Industry," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(1), pages 7-12, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:18:y:2019:i:1:p:7-12
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3838.12167
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