THE CONSENSUS AMONG US GAAP AND IFRS HAVING STEMMED FROM PRESSURE OF THE U.S. SOFTWARE INDUSTRY: “APPLE RULES”

Year 2017, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 34 - 57, 30.03.2017

Banu Sultanoğlu

Abstract

In the last ten years, software companies enter into more complex service offerings, so-called ―“multiple deliverables”. This study describes how Apple Inc. found itself in the center of subscription accounting rules in US GAAP causing an understatement of its iPhone earnings by $3.8 billion in 2008 and then primarily took the leading role in pushing Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) for a need of standard change in that particular industry, started in 2008 and finalized in 2014. On September 23, 2009, the industry gained its first victory against Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) with the issuance of new rules; Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 08-1, “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (EITF 08-1) and then penetrated the whole industry in the world with a converged standard; namely “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (IFRS 15) which was issued jointly by FASB and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on May 28, 2014 superseding all FASB’s and IASB’s rules.

Keywords

IFRS 15, revenue, multiple-deliverables, Apple, subscription accounting

ABD YAZILIM ENDÜSTRİSİNDEN MUHASEBE DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ İÇİN GELEN BASKI KAYNAKLI US GAAP ve UFRS UZLAŞMASI: “APPLE KURALLARI”

Abstract

Yazılım şirketleri, özellikle son on yılda, “çoklu eylem içeren sözleşmeler” niteliğindeki daha karmaşık hizmet sunumuna girmiştir. Bu çalışmada, finansal tablolarını Amerikan Genel Kabul Görmüş Muhasebe İlkeleri’ne (US GAAP) göre hazırlayan Apple Şirketi’nin abonelik muhasebesi kurallarına uyum nedeniyle 2008 yılında gerçekleştirdiği iPhone satışlarına ilişkin hasılat tutarını 3,8 milyar dolar az göstermek zorunda kaldığı ve bu nedenle ABD Finansal Muhasebe Standartları Kurulu'nun bir standart değişikliğine gitmesinde piyasada üstlendiği öncü rolü anlatılmıştır. 23 Eylül 2009’da, hızla büyüyen bu endüstri, ilk önce Gündeme Gelen Çalışma Grubu’nun (Emerging Issues Task Force-EITF) yayınladığı EITF 08-1 “Çoklu Eylem İçeren Sözleşmelere İlişkin Hasılat” ile US GAAP’in gerçeği yansıtmayan eski uygulamasına karşı ilk zaferini kazanmış ve daha sonra uzun süren çalışmalar neticesinde, 28 Mayıs 2014’te ABD Finansal Muhasebe Standartları Kurulu ve Uluslararası Muhasebe Standartları Kurulu (UMSK) tarafından ortak UFRS 15 “ Müşterilerle Yapılan Sözleşmelerden Doğan Hasılat” Standardı yayınlanmıştır.

Keywords

IFRS 15, hasılat, çoklu eylem içeren sözleşmeler, Apple, üyelik muhasebesi

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