How does Chem Dry recognize revenue from Mitigation and Construction Contracts?
Chem_Dry Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
- Mitigation and Construction Contracts This includes mitigation and construction projects with both residential customers and insurance companies. Generally, the Company will have one performance obligation per contract. These services are transferred over time using the input method to measure progress. The use of the input method results in the recognition of revenue on the basis of the Company's efforts toward the satisfaction of the performance obligation. The most common input method that the Company uses is contract cost to date, including labor and direct costs relative to the total contract cost expected to be expended in satisfying each performance obligation. Contracts are billed on a time and materials basis using the practical expedient to recognize revenue, as the Company has the right to invoice those amounts. Project change orders are economic factors that affect the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of the Company's revenue and cash flows. Change orders often arise when unexpected costs to the existing contract are incurred or the customer wants to extend the scope of the project. These rarely create a separate project performance obligation and are accounted for as a modification to the contract price using the cumulative catch-up adjustment method.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 68–264)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Chem Dry's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, revenue from mitigation and construction contracts is recognized over time using the input method to measure progress. These contracts involve projects with both residential customers and insurance companies, and Chem Dry typically has one performance obligation per contract.
The input method relies on the company's efforts to fulfill the performance obligation. The most common input method Chem Dry uses is contract cost to date, including labor and direct costs, relative to the total contract cost expected to be expended in satisfying each performance obligation. This means that as Chem Dry incurs costs for labor and materials on a project, it recognizes a portion of the revenue based on the percentage of total costs incurred to date.
Chem Dry bills these contracts on a time and materials basis, using a practical expedient to recognize revenue as they have the right to invoice those amounts. Project change orders, which arise from unexpected costs or scope extensions, are treated as modifications to the contract price using the cumulative catch-up adjustment method, provided they don't create a separate performance obligation. This approach ensures that revenue recognition aligns with the progress of work completed on mitigation and construction projects.