Horton, Joanne, Macve, Richard 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0023-948X and Serafeim, George
(2011)
‘Deprival value’ vs. ‘fair value’ measurement for contract liabilities: how to resolve the ‘revenue recognition’ conundrum?
Accounting and Business Research, 41 (5).
pp. 491-514.
ISSN 0001-4788
Abstract
Revenue recognition and measurement principles can conflict with liability recognition and measurement principles. We explore here under different market conditions when the two measurement approaches coincide and when they conflict. We show that where entities expect to earn super profits (residual income) the conceptual conflict is exacerbated by the adoption of fair value (FV) as the measurement basis for assets and liabilities rather than the more theoretically grounded approach of deprival value/relief value (DV/RV) which better reflects the impact of, and rational management response to, varying market conditions. However, while the problems of balance sheet liability and revenue recognition, and the related problems of income statement presentation, can be resolved by the application of DV/RV reasoning, this is not sufficient fully to resolve issues of the appropriate timing of profit recognition. Performance measurement issues still need to be addressed directly. The standard setters' current projects on revenue recognition, insurance contracts and measurement therefore need broadening to consider the pervasive issue of accounting for internally generated intangibles.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rabr20/current |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. |
| Divisions: | Accounting |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| JEL classification: | M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M4 - Accounting and Auditing > M49 - Other |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2012 16:09 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 23:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/44036 |
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