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Unbilled Receivables and Unearned Revenue Accounting in Oracle Projects Introduction When it comes to contractual billing, invoice and revenue generation are two separate processes, which during the lifespan of a project may or may not always coincide with each other and so do the balances in revenue and receivables accounts.  This interim difference between revenue and invoice account balances is bridged using Unbilled Receivables (UBR) and Unearned Revenue (UER) Accounts. Unearned Revenue (UER) Unearned Revenue (also termed as deferred revenue or UER) signifies money received for the goods or services, which are yet to be delivered.  As per the principles of Revenue Recognition, UER is recorded as on the balance sheet unless it is converted to Revenue upon delivery of goods or services For Example XYZ Consulting Ltd. receives an annual maintenance contract of $ 12,000 on Dec 31, 2014 for the period of Jan 01, 2015 to Dec 31, 2015. At the start of the contract as of Dec 31, 2...

COGS vs DCOGS - Few important points What are COGS & DCOGS ? The purpose of this document is to explain how COGS Recognition works on Create Accounting engine. There is no Deferred COGS functionality in 11i, this functionality was introduced in R12 to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, hence before R12 there is no Cogs Recognition process. In 11i a sales order issue will be costed hitting the COGS account directly hence there is no Cogs recognition process, the normal accounting template for Sales order issue (no intercompany) will be Debit Cogs and Credit the Inventory valuation from where the item is being issued from.   QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1 - When does an RMA debit  inventory and credit  DCOGS account? A. RMA has created after COGS Recognition. So RMA debits inventory and credits COGS account. If RMA happens before COGS Recognition then RMA debits inventory and credits DCOGS account. 2 - Why there is no accounting for COGS recognition? A. The...