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GAAP also allows the completed contract method, in which a contractor don't recognize expenses or revenues until the contract is finished.

Revenue should not be recognised until cash is received by the seller or his agent. Revenue from such sales should not be recognised until goods are delivered. However, when experience indicates that most such sales have been consummated, revenue may be recognised when a significant deposit is received.

Under IAS 18, the timing of revenue recognition from the sale of goods is based primarily on the transfer of risks and rewards. IFRS 15, instead, focuses on when control of those goods has transferred to the customer. This different approach may result in a change of timing for revenue recognition for some entities.

IFRS 15 replaces IAS 11, IAS 18, IFRIC 13, IFRIC 15, IFRIC 18 and SIC201131. IFRS 15 provides a comprehensive framework for recognising revenue from contracts with customers. In September 2015 the Board issued Effective Date of IFRS 15 which deferred the mandatory effective date of IFRS 15 to 1 January 2018.

The objective of IFRS 15 is to establish the principles that an entity shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from a contract with a customer.

The five steps for revenue recognition in contracts are as follows: Identifying the Contract.Identifying the Performance Obligations.Determining the Transaction Price.Allocating the Transaction Price to Performance Obligations.Recognizing Revenue in Accordance with Performance.

IFRS 15 includes the following definitions: Contract asset. An entity's right to consideration in exchange for goods or services that the entity has transferred to a customer when that right is conditioned on something other than the passage of time (for example, the entity's future performance).