Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 - Paper Audit ...
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the fair value <strong>of</strong> the services received or the fair value <strong>of</strong> the asset or <strong>of</strong> the<br />
asset enhancement resulting from the services. A major uncertainty about the<br />
existence <strong>of</strong> value may indicate that an item received or given should not be<br />
recognized. 7<br />
b. Paragraph 20:<br />
The present value <strong>of</strong> estimated future cash flows using a discount rate<br />
commensurate with the risks involved is an appropriate measure <strong>of</strong> fair value<br />
<strong>of</strong> unconditional promises to give cash . 8 SIf a present value technique is used<br />
to measure the fair value <strong>of</strong> unconditional promises to give cash, subsequent<br />
accruals <strong>of</strong> the interest element shall be accounted for as contribution income<br />
by donees and contribution expense by donors. <strong>No</strong>t-for-pr<strong>of</strong>it organizations<br />
shall report the contribution income as an increase in either temporarily or<br />
permanently restricted net assets if the underlying promise to give is donor<br />
restricted.<br />
8 An entity may estimate the future cash flows <strong>of</strong> a portfolio <strong>of</strong> short-term promises resulting<br />
from a mass fund-raising appeal by using experience it gained from similar appeals.<br />
c. Paragraph 184:<br />
Mission G would recognize the contributed property as an asset and as<br />
support and measure that property at its fair value (paragraph 8). Information<br />
necessary to estimate the fair value <strong>of</strong> that property could be obtained from<br />
various sources, including (a) amounts recently paid for similar properties in<br />
the locality, (b) estimates <strong>of</strong> the market value <strong>of</strong> the property by local<br />
appraisers or real estate brokers, (c) an estimate <strong>of</strong> the fair value <strong>of</strong> the<br />
property by the local tax assessor’s <strong>of</strong>fice, or (d) estimates <strong>of</strong> its replacement<br />
cost and estimates <strong>of</strong> its replacement cost adjusted to reflect the price that<br />
would be received for the contributed property (paragraph 19). This contribution<br />
is unrestricted support because the donated assets may be used for any<br />
purpose and Mission G does not have a policy <strong>of</strong> implying time restrictions<br />
on gifts <strong>of</strong> long-lived assets (paragraph 16). If Mission G’s policy is to imply<br />
a time restriction, the contribution is temporarily restricted support and the<br />
restriction expires over the useful life <strong>of</strong> the building.<br />
d. Paragraph 186:<br />
If Museum H capitalizes its collections, Museum H would recognize the fair<br />
value <strong>of</strong> the contributed work <strong>of</strong> art received as revenue and capitalize it as<br />
an asset at its fair value (paragraphs 13 and 19). The staff <strong>of</strong> Museum H is<br />
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