# Work on spec: its costs are expenses when incurred, and the hoped-for # payment is income only when received; until then it is no receivable. # # wanderbooks: rules.md B-37 item 4; regression tests # `unrecovered_cost_only_for_on_spec_and_never_negative` (ledger-core), # `on_spec_project_shows_unrecovered_cost_and_others_null` (ledger-mcp). # # Expected values worked by hand: 1,400.00 + 60.00 = 1,460.00 of costs, # nothing receivable (1100 stays 0.00). Repaid 1,000.00: 460.00 still # unrecovered. Repaid 700.00 more: 1,700.00 in, 240.00 net, nothing # unrecovered (never below zero). # # Both sources are quoted through Deloitte's DART roadmaps and not yet # re-read in the ASC basic view (wanderbooks docs/spec/sources/fasb-asc.md): # an open item. id = "projects-on-spec-costs-are-expenses" title = "On-spec costs are expenses; a repayment is income when received" rule = "The costs of work done on spec MUST be expensed as incurred, and a payment hoped for MUST NOT be recorded, as a receivable or as income, until it is received; a project's unrecovered cost MUST be its tagged expenses less its tagged revenue to date, never below zero." status = "AUTHORITY" sources = [ "ASC 450-30-25-1: a contingency that might result in a gain usually is not reflected in the financial statements, since that might recognize revenue before its realization (originally FAS 5 ΒΆ17(a))", "ASC 340-40-25-5: costs to fulfill an anticipated contract are an asset only if, among other criteria, they are expected to be recovered (here recovery is uncertain: expensed; wanderbooks docs/spec/rules.md B-22)", ] tags = ["projects", "on-spec", "gain-contingency", "accrual"] [setup] currency = "USD" fiscal_year_start = "01-01" basis = "accrual" rounding = "half-even" [[setup.accounts]] code = "1000" name = "Cash" type = "asset" [[setup.accounts]] code = "1100" name = "Accounts Receivable" type = "asset" [[setup.accounts]] code = "4000" name = "Revenue" type = "revenue" [[setup.accounts]] code = "6000" name = "Contractors" type = "expense" [[setup.accounts]] code = "6100" name = "Hosting" type = "expense" [[setup.projects]] name = "Harbor app" kind = "on_spec" [[events]] date = "2026-04-02" description = "Prototype build" lines = [ { account = "6000", side = "debit", amount = "1400.00", project = "Harbor app" }, { account = "1000", side = "credit", amount = "1400.00" }, ] [[events]] date = "2026-04-20" description = "Hosting for the prototype" lines = [ { account = "6100", side = "debit", amount = "60.00", project = "Harbor app" }, { account = "1000", side = "credit", amount = "60.00" }, ] [[events]] date = "2026-06-15" description = "Harbor repays part of the prototype" lines = [ { account = "1000", side = "debit", amount = "1000.00" }, { account = "4000", side = "credit", amount = "1000.00", project = "Harbor app" }, ] [[events]] date = "2026-07-01" description = "Harbor pays the rest, and more" lines = [ { account = "1000", side = "debit", amount = "700.00" }, { account = "4000", side = "credit", amount = "700.00", project = "Harbor app" }, ] [[expect]] query = "project" after = 2 project = "Harbor app" from = "2026-01-01" to = "2026-04-30" [expect.values] revenue = "0.00" expenses = "1460.00" net = "-1460.00" "to_date.revenue" = "0.00" "to_date.expenses" = "1460.00" "to_date.net" = "-1460.00" unrecovered_cost = "1460.00" [[expect]] query = "balances" after = 2 as_of = "2026-04-30" [expect.values] "1100" = "0.00" "6000" = "1400.00" "6100" = "60.00" [[expect]] query = "project" after = 3 project = "Harbor app" from = "2026-01-01" to = "2026-06-30" [expect.values] revenue = "1000.00" expenses = "1460.00" net = "-460.00" "to_date.revenue" = "1000.00" "to_date.expenses" = "1460.00" "to_date.net" = "-460.00" unrecovered_cost = "460.00" [[expect]] query = "project" project = "Harbor app" from = "2026-01-01" to = "2026-12-31" [expect.values] revenue = "1700.00" expenses = "1460.00" net = "240.00" "to_date.revenue" = "1700.00" "to_date.expenses" = "1460.00" "to_date.net" = "240.00" unrecovered_cost = "0.00"