A supplier delivers goods to a customer and, under the contract terms, expects to receive payment 10 months after delivery. Under ASC 606-10-32-18, what practical expedient is available regarding a significant financing component in this arrangement?
- The entity is not required to adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component because the period between transfer of the goods and payment is one year or less
- The entity must always impute interest on any payment made more than 30 days after delivery
- The entity may only ignore a financing component if the customer is a government entity
- The entity must restate the transaction as a lease if payment occurs after delivery
Correct answer: A. The entity is not required to adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component because the period between transfer of the goods and payment is one year or less
ASC 606-10-32-18 provides a practical expedient stating that an entity need not adjust the promised consideration for the effects of a significant financing component if, at contract inception, the entity expects the period between when it transfers a promised good or service and when the customer pays for it to be one year or less — and a 10-month gap falls within that one-year window, so no adjustment is required here. There is no blanket rule imputing interest after 30 days; the standard's expedient threshold is one year, not 30 days, so that option misstates the rule. The expedient is available based on the length of the payment period, not on the type of customer, so restricting it to government customers is not supported by the standard. Nothing in ASC 606 recharacterizes a sale-with-deferred-payment arrangement as a lease merely because payment follows delivery, since leases are governed by a separate standard (ASC 842) with its own recognition criteria.
Source: FASB Accounting Standards Codification: ASC 606-10-32-18, Revenue from Contracts with Customers — Significant Financing Component