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Revenue from services performed should be recognized when the seller has performed his promised obligations under the contract and the seller has a right to receive consideration from the buyer. For services, revenue is generally earned as the services are being performed—Proportional Performance model—or when the services have been completed—Completed Performance model. The difficulty in accounting for revenue transactions for services performed is that there is a paucity of accounting guidance to aid the company in making a determination as adherence to the general principles of revenue recognition: earned and realizable.
The key factor regarding the analysis of service-based revenue arrangements ...
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