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We cover some key considerations such as specific data requirements, impact on assumption management and disclosures. This article is not meant to be exhaustive; we aim to provide a general overview of key considerations and potential pitfalls for the modeling actuary. Modeling implications of MRBs.
- What Is A Contract account?
- Explanation of Contract Account
- Treatment of Specific Items in A Contract Account
When a contractor has accepted a contract, a separate account is opened for each contract, bringing together all the costs relating to a particular contract. A serial number is assigned to each contract, which is known as a contract account.
All expenses incurred in fulfilling a contract (e.g., materials, wages, direct expenses, cost of sub-contracts, cost of special plants, and indirect expenses) are debited to a contract account. Similarly, expenses accrued or outstanding on the contract at the end of the accounting periodare also debited to the contract account. At the end of the ac...
This section provides an overview of the treatment of the various items that are included in the contract account.
Contract: An agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable rights and obligations. Identifying the contract is an important step in applying the revenue standard. A contract can be written, oral, or implied by a reporting entity's customary business practices.
Set out below are some of the common mistakes and challenges we see in accounting for long-term contracts. What is the issue? Entities across many industries recognise revenue under IFRS 15 in long-term contracting arrangements.
Definitions of a contract and a customer under IFRS 15, cancellable contracts, contract duration, probability of payment.
An offer is actually a type of promise in exchange for another party’s specific performance. To be valid for the purposes of a contract, an offer needs to be communicated to the other party, and the other party must have a chance to either accept or reject the offer.
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What does acceptance mean in a contract?
First, the ‘core offer and acceptance rule’ is considered in light of how the leading theoretical views about contract account for it. Second, I examine the most important qualifications to that core rule (i.e., the objective test and unilateral contracts), again from a theoretical perspective.
