Wood-Mode Company is involved in the design, manufacture, and installation of various types of wood products for large construction projects. Wood-Mode recently completed a large contract for Stadium Ltd., which consisted of building 35 different types of concession counters for a new soccer arena under construction. Under the terms of the contract, Stadium will pay Wood-Mode £2,000,000 upon completion of the counters. Unfortunately, due to the depressed economy, the completion of the new soccer arena is now delayed. Stadium has therefore asked Wood-Mode to hold the counters for 2 months at its manufacturing plant until the arena is completed. Stadium acknowledges in writing that it ordered the counters and now own them. The time that Wood-Mode Company must hold the counters is totally dependent on when the arena is completed. Because Wood-Mode has not received additional progress payments for the counters due to the delay, Stadium has provided a deposit of £300,000.

Instructions

a. Explain this type of revenue recognition transaction.

b. What factors should be considered in determining when to recognize revenue in this transaction?

c. Prepare the journal entry or entries that Wood-Mode should make, assuming it signed a valid sales contract and received at the time the £300,000 deposit.