Intermediate Accounting (16th Edition)

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 1118743202
ISBN 13: 978-1-11874-320-1

Chapter 18 - Revenue Recognition - Review and Practice - Questions - Page 1031: 9

Answer

Performance obligation is a commitment to act in an agreed way or manner. For example, commitment to deliver products that have been bought. The performance obligation exists where there is a mutually beneficial relationship between parties relating to an exchange of value.

Work Step by Step

For example, when the customer makes a purchase, the performance obligation relates to supply of the purchased item from the seller. The performance obligation exists in such a scenario because we are exchanging something of value to each other.
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