Question

Finerly Corporation sells cosmetics through a network of independent distributors. Finerly shipped cosmetics to its distributors and is considering whether it should record $460,000 of revenue upon shipment of a new line of cosmetics. Finerly expects the distributors to be able to sell the cosmetics, but is uncertain because it has little experience with selling cosmetics of this type. Finerly is committed to accepting the cosmetics back from the distributors if the cosmetics are not sold. How much revenue should Finerly recognize upon delivery to its distributors?

Answer 1

Answer:

$0

Explanation:

Finerly should recognize $0 of revenue upon delivery to distributors. Because of the uncertainty of the returns due to the fact that Finerly does not know if it will have to accept the cosmetics back from the distributors if the cosmetics are not sold, Finerly cannot or should not recognize revenue until it either can estimate in a better way its returns or when the sales actually occur.