Allocating Transaction Price to Performance Obligations and Recording Sales Maximum Inc. (retailer) has a loyalty program that rewards its customers one point per $1 spent. Points are redeemable for $0.20 off future purchases. A customer purchases products (cost of $280) for cash at the usual selling price of $400 and earns 400 points redeemable for $80 off future purchases of goods or services. The retailer expects redemption of 360 points or 90% of points earned.

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Allocating Transaction Price to Performance Obligations and Recording Sales

Maximum Inc. (retailer) has a loyalty program that rewards its customers one point per $1 spent. Points are redeemable for $0.20 off future purchases. A customer purchases products (cost of $280) for cash at the usual selling price of $400 and earns 400 points redeemable for $80 off future purchases of goods or services. The retailer expects redemption of 360 points or 90% of points earned.

 

a. How should the transaction price be allocated among the performance obligation(s)?
Note: Round each allocated transaction price in the table below to the nearest dollar.



Performance Obligations
Transaction
Price
as Stated
Standalone
Selling
Price
Allocated
Transaction Price
(rounded)
Product purchase Answer
 
Answer
 
Answer
 
Loyalty rewards Answer
 
Answer
 
Answer
 
  Answer
 
Answer
 
Answer
 

b. Prepare Maximum’s journal entry to record the $400 sale to the customer where the customer earned 400 loyalty points.
If a journal entry (or a line of the journal entry) isn't required for the transaction, select "N/A" as the account name and leave the Dr. and Cr. answers blank (zero).

Account Name Dr. Cr.
AnswerCashAccounts ReceivableDue from ConsigneeInventoryPrepaid ExpenseContract AssetPrepaid Advertising ExpenseAccounts PayableConsideration PayableDeferred Revenue—Loyalty RewardsSales RevenueService RevenueCommission RevenueCost of Goods SoldAdvertising ExpenseInterest ExpenseSales Commission ExpenseN/A Answer
 
Answer
 
Sales Revenue—Product Answer
 
Answer
 
AnswerCashAccounts ReceivableDue from ConsigneeInventoryPrepaid ExpenseContract AssetPrepaid Advertising ExpenseAccounts PayableConsideration PayableDeferred Revenue—Loyalty RewardsSales RevenueService RevenueCommission RevenueCost of Goods SoldAdvertising ExpenseInterest ExpenseSales Commission ExpenseN/A Answer
 
Answer
 
To record sale of product.
AnswerCashAccounts ReceivableDue from ConsigneeInventoryPrepaid ExpenseContract AssetPrepaid Advertising ExpenseAccounts PayableConsideration PayableDeferred Revenue—Loyalty RewardsSales RevenueService RevenueCommission RevenueCost of Goods SoldAdvertising ExpenseInterest ExpenseSales Commission ExpenseN/A Answer
 
Answer
 
AnswerCashAccounts ReceivableDue from ConsigneeInventoryPrepaid ExpenseContract AssetPrepaid Advertising ExpenseAccounts PayableConsideration PayableDeferred Revenue—Loyalty RewardsSales RevenueService RevenueCommission RevenueCost of Goods SoldAdvertising ExpenseInterest ExpenseSales Commission ExpenseN/A Answer
 
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To record cost of sale of product.
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