Variable Remuneration in Client Contracts

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Keywords
revenue, income, performance obligation, variable remuneration, control

Summary
The study explores the challenges associated with the evaluation and reporting of variable remuneration in client contracts. It examines and analyzes the principles, rules, methods, and methodologies applied to various business scenarios involving the valuation and recognition of revenues with a variable component.

The study focuses on the valuation and recognition of revenues from transactions involving the sale of goods or the provision of services with variable remuneration, where performance occurs either at a specific point in time or over a defined period. Approaches to the evaluation and allocation of discounts in multi-component contracts and transactions are also examined The timing of performance for individual components, such as goods and services, is discussed, and the importance of a systematic approach to accounting for agreements that include variables influencing the amount of revenue is highlighted. The analysis is based on a review of the approaches, methods, and practices employed by enterprises applying the International Accounting Standards in Bulgaria for 2023. The author argues that knowledge of the basic rules for transfer of control and knowledge of the principles and methods for evaluation, reporting and subsequent monitoring of the variable part of remuneration is a prerequisite for the correct current accounting of revenues and their periodic presentation in the financial statements. This, in turn, enhances the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial reports.

JEL: M41
Pages: 29
DOI:  https://doi.org/10.58861/tae.di.2025.1.02

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