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AASB 1058 - Income of Not-for-Profit Entities - December 2016
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Cash 90,000
Income 90,000
Example 8B – Enforceable and sufficiently specific performance obligation
the MOU outlines the agreed activities of education programs that are tailored to the literacy needs of the students. The Local Government is required to provide to the State Government an annual report on the activities undertaken and the progress of the program. The Local Government is able to identify when its specific performance obligations are satisfied and expects to fulfil its promise to provide the agreed activities; and
the State Government can enforce the repayment of the grant if the specified activities are not undertaken by requiring direct repayment or otherwise deducting unspent monies from future funding.
The Local Government determines:
the $90,000 grant is an asset the Local Government acquired to further the objectives of the Local Government; and
it controls a financial asset ($90,000) within the scope of AASB 9.
Based on the facts and circumstances, on gaining control of the grant, the Local Government determines that the grant agreement (the MOU) does not give rise to related amounts of the following types:
a contribution by owners, as the State Government does not control the Local Government;
a financial liability within the scope of AASB 9, as there is no obligation to provide cash or another financial asset to other parties; and
a provision within the scope of AASB 137, as the agreement specifies legal obligations and there are no other sufficiently specific constructive obligations to consider.
The Local Government analyses the terms and conditions of the grant, and notes:
the agreement is enforceable (refer to paragraphs F10–F18 of AASB 15), as the grantor can enforce its rights in the contract to require the Local Government to return the funds if the Local Government does not fulfil its specific performance obligations under the agreement (i.e. by providing literacy programs tailored to the needs of the students and annual reports to the State Government); and
the Local Government’s obligation to transfer the specific services in return for the consideration from the State Government is sufficiently specific so as to be able to determine when the obligation is satisfied.
Consequently, the Local Government concludes that the grant is a contract with a customer as defined under AASB 15. The cost to be incurred by the Local Government in providing the literacy programs can vary from the amount of the grant received.
In accordance with AASB 15, the Local Government:
identifies each performance obligation relating to the grant;
recognises a contract liability for its obligations under the agreement; and
recognises revenue as it satisfies its performance obligations.
The journal entries for the accounting treatment (to the end of the first year) are:
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Cash 90,000
Contract liability 90,000