Revenue Recognition (RR) and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)

For a given contract, revenue recognition is the process that leads to the calculation (and subsequent posting to the General Ledger) of the total revenue that the contractor estimates he has ‘earned’, based on the progress of the contract. This amount is independent of the amounts that have been billed/invoiced to the customer and does not represent any kind of cash flow.

For a given contract, cost of goods sold is the amount of money spent in the process of building a deliverable (for which revenue can be recognized) or the money spent on non-recurring activities (such as engineering design) that have been completed. Cost of Goods Sold transactions are posted to the General Ledger.

The transaction currency of the generated RR and COGS lines matches the project currency. While generating the RR and COGS for a new period, you can settle the previous financial results. When closing the project, the final calculation and the postings are done and the financial results are reversed. Revenue Recognition and Cost of Goods Sold can be determined at the project, extension, element and activity level depending on the method you select. The usage of element and activity depends on whether the project is controlled by element or controlled by activity.

You can select the RR and COGS methods to generate the financial interim results in the Generate Interim Results (tpppc3250m000) session, with the exception of the Completed Project method.

You can set a limit on the revenue to be recognized. A maximum percentage is defined on the project and extension level. The default value is set to 100%, but this value can be overwritten. The percentage times the contract amount gives the maximum revenue that can be recognized (until the completion of the project). The revenue recognition limit is valid for all RR methods except the Completed Project method.