Ifrs 15 Questions
Ifrs 15 Questions
Ifrs 15 Questions
QUESTION ONE
Merlton Ltd, a motor dealer, sold a vehicle to a customer on 14 November 2017. The contract
showed an agreed price of Tsh 30,000 and a delivery date of 3 January 2018. The customer paid a
20% non-refundable deposit on 14 November 2017. The vehicle was delivered on 10 January 2018
and the balance due of Tsh24,000 was paid by the customer on that date.
Required: Advise, showing relevant journal entries, how the above transaction should be
recognized in Merlton’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 and 2018?
QUESTION TWO
Carltown Ltd, a technology equipment supply company, entered into a contract with a customer
on 1 December 2017 to supply, install and service a system of computers. The agreed price was
Tsh200,000, to include a two-year service contract. Payment was made in total following
installation in January 2018.
At 31 December 2017, Carltown had supplied all the machines, but had not yet installed any.
Installation happened in January 2018. The directors of Carltown estimated that the computers
would be sold for Tsh150,000 on a stand-alone basis. Installation would cost Tsh20,000, and the
two-year service contract would cost Tsh50,000 if purchased separately.
Required: Advise, showing relevant journal entries, how the above transaction should be
recognized in Carltown’s financial statements for years ended 31 December 2017 and 2018?
QUESTION THREE
Shipton Ltd, a professional services company, provided estate management services for a
customer, completed on 30 September 2017. The agreed price was Tsh50,000. The customer paid
Tsh10,000 on completion on 30 September 2017. It was agreed that the customer would pay the
remainder 12 months later, on 30 September 2018. Shipton’s cost of capital is 7%.
Required: Advise, showing relevant journal entries, how the above transaction should be
recognized in Shipton’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 and 2018?
QUESTION FOUR
S Limited enters into a contract with a customer to see its product for Tsh200 per unit for the year
01.01.17 – 31.12.17. If the customer purchases more than 1,200 units in the year, the price will
decrease to Tsh150 per unit. S Limited does not believe at the date of the contract be initiated that
the customer will purchase more than 1,200 from it due to past trading patterns with this customer.
On 01.10.17, S Limited believes that the customer will meet the target based on its sales of 1,100
units by that date to the customer as the customer purchased 500 units on that date and informed
management of S Limited that it would be placing a further order of 200 units on 1 December
2017. 600 units were sold to the customer by the 30.06.17. How should S Limited account for its
sales to the customer in the period from 01.01.17 – 30.06.17 and in the period 01.07.17 – 31.12.17?
QUESTION FIVE
Suppose that a contract is started on January 1, 2017, with an estimated completion date of
December 31, 2018. The final contract price is Tsh1,500,000.
In the first year, to December 31, 2017:
a) Costs incurred amounted to Tsh600,000
b) Half of the work on the contract was completed
c) Certificate of work completed have been issued, to the value of Tsh750,000
d) It is estimated with reasonable certainty that further costs to completion in 2018 will be Tsh
600,000
What is the contract profit in 2017, and what entries would be made for the contract at
December 31, 2017?