Per the contract, "If in any year, determined on the basis of a calendar year the services generate annual profit in excess of 7% of Gross Sales, company will pay to client an amount equal to 60% of the annual profit in excess of the company retention, and the company shall be entitled to 40% of the annual profit in excess of the company's Retention."
P&L Reporting
From Period 1, 2015
To Period 12, 2015
Profit Center: Client B
Period: 1, 2015; 2, 2015; 3, 2015; 4, 2015; 5, 2015; 6, 2015; 7, 2015; 8, 2015; 9, 2015; 10, 2015; 11, 2015; 12, 2015; TOTAL
TOTAL SALES: 499,540; 356,272; 257,142; 164,622; 367,387; 352,054; 511,412; 269,492; 125,587; 390,566; 216,342; 365,559; 3,875,975
YTD TOTAL SALES: 499,540; 855,812; 1,112,954; 1,277,576; 1,644,963; 1,997,017; 2,508,429; 2,777,921; 2,903,508; 3,294,074; 3,510,416; 3,875,975;
TOTAL PERSONNEL COST: 184,528; 227,413; 98,252; 83,875; 134,835; 137,988; 187,794; 110,418; 96,447; 169,433; 114,842; 149,089; 1,694,914
TOTAL OTHER COSTS: 298,405; 156,260; 104,017; 98,561; 163,383; 137,111; 225,210; 106,419; 106,509; 202,647; 123,286; 141,996; 1,863,804
PROFIT/(LOSS): 16,607; -27,401; 54,873; -17,814; 69,169; 76,955; 98,408; 52,655; -77,369; 18,486; -21,786; 74,474; 317,257
YTD PROFIT/(LOSS): 16,707; 10,694; 44,179; 26,365; 95,534; 172,489; 270,897; 323,552; 246,183; 264,669; 242,883; 317,357;
Question:
Will the company incur a liability in this arrangement? If so, what period will such liability first be recognized?
Please show your calculation and provide any entries necessary to properly state the financials in that period of time.