# ASC 255-912: Changing Prices — Contractors—Federal Government Source: FASB Accounting Standards Codification, Basic View [Read online](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/255/912/) Study and research edition. Verify current requirements with the official source. Summaries, enrichment, and tags are machine-generated study aids. Paragraph html preserves source markup; snippet is abbreviated. Pending content is not necessarily effective. Tables and mathematical or amendment markup are retained as HTML where Markdown would lose structure. Source downloaded (UTC): 2026-09-09T23:18:34.144Z to 2026-09-09T23:18:39.807Z Record version: sha256:d81f44cb4377b121ef09f02306d026f0337df0875074371bf3e17a83faf5ab08 Snapshot version: sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f Effective as of: not established by retrieval timestamps. ## ASC 255-912: Changing Prices — Contractors—Federal Government ### Machine-generated study aids ```json { "summary": "ASC 255-912 tells federal government contractors how to classify certain contract-related balances when they voluntarily disclose supplementary information about the effects of changing prices under Subtopic 255-10. Its core rule is a set of monetary/nonmonetary classifications used to compute the purchasing power gain or loss on net monetary items: contract inventories and fixed-price contract advances and warranty obligations are nonmonetary, while accrued losses on contracts are monetary.", "key_points": [ "The Subtopic provides guidance to government contractors on disclosure of supplementary information about financial reporting and changing prices (255-912-05-1), and follows the scope of Section 912-10-15 (255-912-15-1).", "The guidance applies only to contractors electing to disclose supplementary changing-prices information in accordance with Subtopic 255-10 (255-912-50-1).", "Contract inventories are not monetary assets because the negotiated contract price already provides for the estimated effects of inflation during contract performance (255-912-50-1(a)).", "Advances on fixed-price contracts, though current liabilities, are nonmonetary because they represent the government's claim to nonmonetary goods or services rather than a right to receive money (255-912-50-1(b)).", "Obligations under warranties are nonmonetary because they obligate the contractor to furnish goods or services at future prices (255-912-50-1(b)).", "Accrued losses on contracts are monetary items because they are in essence future accounts payable (255-912-50-1(c))." ], "categories": [ "Presentation", "Disclosure", "Industry-specific" ], "audience_level": "advanced", "student_note": "Disclosure here is elective, not required — the Subtopic only kicks in if a contractor chooses to present changing-prices supplementary data. The common trap is assuming a current liability like a fixed-price contract advance is automatically monetary; it is nonmonetary because it is settled in goods or services, not cash.", "related_topics": [ "255-10", "912-10", "912-330", "912-405", "606" ], "key_concepts": [ "changing prices", "purchasing power gain or loss", "net monetary items", "monetary versus nonmonetary classification", "contract inventories", "contract advances", "warranty obligations", "accrued contract losses" ] } ``` Source downloaded (UTC): 2026-09-09T23:18:34.144Z to 2026-09-09T23:18:34.144Z Record version: sha256:8f9a1d3a6614af2fc008d646c62d12aa7eb294cea510f49069528436c0c51263 Snapshot version: sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f Effective as of: not established by retrieval timestamps. ## ASC 255-912-05: 05 Overview and Background [Read section](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/255/912/#05-overview-and-background) SEC content: no ##### [255-912-05-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/255/912/#255-912-05-1) Pending content: no Source downloaded (UTC): 2026-09-09T23:18:34.144Z to 2026-09-09T23:18:34.144Z Record version: sha256:051cbaa8d2e8a36311e8094eb7313ca10fe941122a39bfc49947abd94053060f Snapshot version: sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f Effective as of: not established by retrieval timestamps. This Subtopic provides guidance to government contractors related to disclosure of supplementary information about financial reporting and changing prices. Source downloaded (UTC): 2026-09-09T23:18:36.295Z to 2026-09-09T23:18:36.295Z Record version: sha256:c5e98987f5faf9fc1a34a9ef64b525e41b7d323ee84feaaeab021caba0042fdb Snapshot version: sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f Effective as of: not established by retrieval timestamps. ## ASC 255-912-15: 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions [Read section](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/255/912/#15-scope-and-scope-exceptions) SEC content: no #### Overall Guidance ##### [255-912-15-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/255/912/#255-912-15-1) Pending content: no Source downloaded (UTC): 2026-09-09T23:18:36.295Z to 2026-09-09T23:18:36.295Z Record version: sha256:c40103de74618a1c143dd47bc8f245b5ffd5af977b1933222a576e1546ef2844 Snapshot version: sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f Effective as of: not established by retrieval timestamps. This Subtopic follows the same Scope and Scope Exceptions as outlined in the Overall Subtopic, see Section 912-10-15. Source downloaded (UTC): 2026-09-09T23:18:39.807Z to 2026-09-09T23:18:39.807Z Record version: sha256:9419311e0349dfe145a81950aaadfc62acbec7a03460e26d3dcfd866e9252153 Snapshot version: sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f Effective as of: not established by retrieval timestamps. ## ASC 255-912-50: 50 Disclosure [Read section](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/255/912/#50-disclosure) SEC content: no #### Financial Reporting and Changing Prices ##### [255-912-50-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/255/912/#255-912-50-1) Pending content: no Source downloaded (UTC): 2026-09-09T23:18:39.807Z to 2026-09-09T23:18:39.807Z Record version: sha256:6a502962cc7cc5264a5344900fe83d41fd13b073576a9bca8974e72cf137dd7c Snapshot version: sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f Effective as of: not established by retrieval timestamps. For those contractors electing to disclose supplementary information on the effects of changing prices in accordance with Subtopic 255-10 all of the following matters shall be taken into consideration in calculating the purchasing power gain or loss on net monetary items: 1. a Contract inventories are not considered to be monetary assets, because the negotiated price of the contract under which the inventories are produced provides for the estimated effects of inflation during the period of contract performance. 2. b Advances related to fixed-price contracts, although considered current liabilities, shall be classified as nonmonetary items because they represent the government's claims to nonmonetary goods or services; in other words, these advances are not rights to receive money. Additionally, obligations under warranties shall be classified as nonmonetary items because they obligate the contractor to furnish goods or services at future prices. 3. c Accrued losses on contracts shall be classified as monetary items because they are, in essence, future accounts payable.