Jade MacIntire is a famous singer. Jade Aquarium, Inc. is a multimedia company with business interests in music, videos, and video games. Both Jade MacIntire and Jade Aquarium need help booking the licensing agreements they have entered into during the past year. They entered into the following licensing agreements:

In January, Jade Aquarium, Inc. purchased the intellectual property rights to the music created by Jade MacIntire to date of the contract, for $20,000. Under the terms of the contract has additionally acquired the right to purchase future compositions created and sung by the artist, for $500 per composition, within five-years from the date of the contract. The corporation can legally sell to another party the compositions it has purchased from the artist.

This year, Jade MacIntire has entered into an agreement with the producers of a Broadway musical, giving them the exclusive right to use a song that she wrote, for a $10,000 consideration. It is not a song Jade MacIntire will ever personally perform.

Jade Aquarium, Inc. has also entered into a licensing agreement with a movie company allowing it to use two of the artists most popular compositions in future movies over the next two years. The movie company paid $2,000 for the option to use the songs and will pay an additional $1,500 each time the songs are used in a movie. It is expected that the use of the songs in the movies will bolster the artists popularity, increasing the demand for her albums.

Jade Aquarium, Inc. also collects royalties for songs written by Jade MacIntire and played on air. On average the company collects for 3500 song plays each month. Each play earns the company 9.1 cents in royalties.

Jade Aquarium produced a guitar music app that individuals can download for $2.99, with 20,000 apps downloaded this year. The app is fully functional, but the company anticipates needing to provide software updates twice a year for the next five year; these costs are expected to equal $3,000 and are considered immaterial to the total app developmental cost of $60,000.

At the end of June, Jade MacIntire sold the rights to the use of her album cover images for t-shirts and mugs to Music Outfitters-R-Us for two years. Music Outfitters-R-Us paid Jade MacIntire $20,000 for the rights. Music Outfitters-R-Us has offered Jade a bonus of $10,000 if Jade MacIntire averages at least 50 shows per year over the next two years and $5,000 if Jade MacIntire averages at least 40 shows per year over the next two years. By the end of the year, Jade MacIntire had performed 50 shows.

The probability of Jade MacIntire playing 20-29 shows next year is 15%, 30-39 shows next year is 25%, 40-49 shows next year is 30%, 50+ shows next year is 30%.

Case Questions

1. Summarize the issues specifically related to accounting that are in this case.

2. Providing relevant support from the FASB Codification, discuss the proper accounting treatment for the revenue generating activities. More specifically, at what point(s) in time should revenue be recognized, and for what amount(s)?

3. Find, cite, and summarize the relevant international accounting standard applicable to this case. Compare and contrast relevant U.S. GAAP and IFRS standards.