In: Accounting
Since 1970, Super Rise, Inc., has provided maintenance services
for elevators. On January 1, 2021, Super Rise obtains a contract to
maintain an elevator in a 90-story building in New York City for 10
months and receives a fixed payment of $87,000. The contract
specifies that Super Rise will receive an additional $43,500 at the
end of the 10 months if there is no unexpected delay, stoppage, or
accident during the year. Super Rise estimates variable
consideration to be the most likely amount it will receive.
Required:
1. Assume that, because the building sees a
constant flux of people throughout the day, Super Rise is allowed
to access the elevators and related mechanical equipment only
between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. on any given day, which is insufficient
to perform some of the more time-consuming repair work. As a
result, Super Rise believes that unexpected delays are likely and
that it will not earn the bonus. Prepare the journal entry Super
Rise would record on January 1.
2. Assume instead that Super Rise knows at the
inception of the contract that it will be given unlimited access to
the elevators and related equipment each day, with the right to
schedule repair sessions any time. When given these terms and
conditions, Super Rise has never had any delays or accidents in the
past. Prepare the journal entry Super Rise would record on January
31 to record one month of revenue.
3. Assume the same facts as requirement 1. In
addition assume that, on May 31, Super Rise determines that it does
not need to spend more than two hours on any given day to operate
the elevator safely because the client’s elevator is relatively
new. Therefore, Super Rise believes that unexpected delays are very
unlikely. Prepare the journal entry Super Rise would record on May
31 to recognize May revenue and any necessary revision in its
estimated bonus receivable3