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Revenue Recognition Topic 606 - Identify the Contract Part 1


Total Credits: 1.2 including 1.2 Accounting - Technical

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ACPEN Industry Institute |  Accounting and Auditing
Faculty:
Lynn Fountain
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
1.2 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

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Description

On May 28, 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued converged guidance on recognizing revenue in contracts with customers (ASC 606). The objective of the guidance is to establish principles to report useful information to users of financial statements about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue from contracts with customers. The new guidance provides several benefits to financial statement users.  

This is one in a series of courses that outline the updated revenue recognition standard.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Recognize how elements of the new revenue recognition standard differ from the previous standard
  • Explore various criteria in the step “Identify the Contract" including
  • Approval/commitment of parties
  • Identification of rights of parties
  • Payment terms can be identified
  • The contract has commercial substance
  • Collection is probable
  • Identify when a contract modification requires a new contract or can be combined with the original contract
  • Explore accounting for non-contract modifications
  • Explore accounting for contract modifications

Major Subjects
  • Revenue Recognition

Course Materials

Faculty

Lynn Fountain's Profile

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Lynn Fountain has over 45 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies. In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees. The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials.


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Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites Suggested - Revenue Recognition Topic 606 Overview
Advanced Preparation  None
Designed For

Accountants, CPAs, Finance Professionals, Internal Audit, External Audit

 


Original Recording Date 2/2025
Yellow Book No
Course Developer Lynn Fountain, CPA, CGMA, CRMA, cPIA, MBA
Date Added to Catalog 02/2025

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