From the text: Intermediate Accounting (15th Edition) by Kieso, Weygandt, & Warfield

Problem 18-12 (page 1097)

Allocate Transaction Price Crankshaft Company manufactures equipment. Crankshaft's products range from simple automated machinery to complex systems containing numerous components. Unit selling prices range from $200,000 to $1,500,000 and are quoted inclusive of installation. The installation process does not involve changes to the features of the equipment and does not require proprietary information about the equipment in order for the installed equipment to perform to specifications. Crankshaft has the following arrangements with Winkerbean Inc.

* Winkerbean purchases equipment from Crankshaft for a price of $1,000,000 and contracts with Crankshaft to install the equipment. Crankshaft charges the same price for the equipment irrespective of whether it does the installation or not. Using market data, Crankshaft determines installation service is estimated to have a fair value of $50,000. The cost of the equipment is $600,00.

*Winkerbean is obligated to pay Crankshaft the $1,000,000 upon delivery and installation of the equipment.

Crankshaft delivers the equipment on June 1, 2014, and completes the installation of the equipment on September 30, 2014. The equipment has a useful life of 10 years. Assume that the equipment and the installation are two distinct performance obligations which should be accounted for separately.

Assuming Crankshaft doesn't have market data with which to determine the standalone selling price of the installation services. As a result, an expected cost plus margin approach is used. The cost of installation is $36,000; Crankshaft prices these services with a 25% margin relative to cost.

(a) How should the transaction price of $1,000,000 be allocated among the service obligations?

(b) Prepare the journal entries for Crankshaft for this revenue arrangement in 2014 assuming Crankshaft receives payment when installation is completed.