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ASC 606: Principal vs. Agent

What to check in your filing: For each arrangement, document who controls the good or service before transfer (ASC 606-10-55-37A/39 indicators) and state the gross vs. net conclusion and rationale in the revenue policy.

4 staff comments from 3 companies. Outcomes: Agreed to revise: 3, Responded: 1

Karbon-X Corp. (KARX) · 2026-03-05 · Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2025 Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended November 30, 2025 · Comment 3 · Page 2 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: Explain how you determined that you are the principal in transactions involving the sale of carbon credits. In your response, describe how you assessed the indicators outlined in ASC 606-10-55-36 through 55-40. letter →
Company response: , describe how you assessed the indicators outlined in ASC 606‑10‑55‑36 through 55‑40. Response: We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and have evaluated whether we act as principal or agent in our carbon credit transactions under ASC 606‑10‑55‑36 through 55‑40. In most of our carbon credit sales, we conclude that we are the principal because we control the credits before they are transferred to the customer. Our assessment is based on the following indicators: · Control of the asset before transfer (ASC 606‑10‑55‑37): We obtain control of the credits either by (i) originating them through our project arrangements, or (ii) purchasing them from third parties and holding them in our registry… response letter →
ASC 606: Principal vs. AgentASC 606: Revenue Recognition
Karbon-X Corp. (KARX) · 2026-03-05 · Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2025 Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended November 30, 2025 · Comment 4 · ASC 606-10-55-36 through 55-40. Agreed to revise
Staff comment: Provide a rollforward of deferred revenue, including a breakdown of the underlying balances by current and non-current portions and discuss when you expect to recognize the related revenue as required by ASC 606-10-50-8 through 50-10. letter →
Company response: We acknowledge the Staff’s comment. We recognize that ASC 606‑10‑50‑8 through 50‑10 requires disclosure of the opening and closing balances of contract liabilities (deferred revenue), significant changes in those balances, and information about the timing of revenue recognition for remaining performance obligations. Below is a roll forward as requested. FY2025 (Year Ended May 31, 2025) Q2 FY2026 (Six Months Ended Nov 30, 2025) Opening balance $ - $ 3,864,080 Heidelberg deferred revenue $ 928,042 $ (928,042 ) DevvStream deferred revenue $ 2,936,038 $ - Other deferred revenue $ - $ 26,764 Currency translation $ - $ (47,901 ) Closing balance $ 3,864,080 $ 2,914,901 Current portion $ 3,864,080… response letter →
ASC 606: Principal vs. AgentASC 606: Revenue Recognition
SemiLEDs Corp (LEDS) · 2026-01-12 · Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025 Filed November 28, 2025 · Comment 1 · Revenue Recognition, page 52 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note your new business initiative (i.e., buy-sell orders of equipment) has significantly impacted your revenues and cost of revenues. Please address the following items. • In future filings, expand your disclosure (here and within your critical accounting policies and estimates on page 33) to clearly discuss buy-sell orders of equipment and your related accounting policies, including but not limited to gross versus net accounting treatment. • Provide to us supplementally your assessment of ASC 606 in your determination of whether to present revenue on a gross or net basis. In this regard, ensure your response addresses principal versus agent considerations as discussed in ASC… letter →
Company response: addresses principal versus agent considerations as discussed in ASC 606-10-55-36 through 40. Response: We have expanded our disclosures in the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Revenue Recognition in footnote 2 to Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and in Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies End estimates in our Form 10-Q for the first fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2025 filed on January 14, 2026, and will continue disclosing them plus the new language in brackets below in our future filings. We added the following disclosures: Gross Versus Net Revenue ASC 606… response letter →
ASC 606: Principal vs. AgentASC 606: Revenue Recognition
Cloopen Group Holding Ltd (RAASY) · 2025-11-21 · · Comment 4 · Revenue Recognition, page F-21 Responded
Staff comment: We note that you provide services as an agent in provision of CPaaS platforms to customers and recognize the related revenue on a net basis. We further note you disclose the “gross amount of revenue from services as an agent” for each period presented. Please tell us how you considered whether your discussion of revenue on a gross basis presents a non-GAAP measure and tell us how you considered the guidance in Item 10(e)(ii)(c) of Regulation S-K and the Question 100.04 of the Non-GAAP C&DIs. letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully clarifies that the previously disclosed “gross amount of revenue” was intended as an operational metric. In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company respectfully undertakes to revise the relevant disclosure in its future Form 20-F filings as follows (with deletions shown in strikethrough showing the changes against the disclosure in the 2024 Form 20-F), subject to such updates and adjustments to be made in connection with any material developments of the subject matter being disclosed. “ NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS … 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES … (s) Revenue recognition … 5 CPaaS revenues The Company accounts for revenue from… response letter →
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