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incremental costs of obtaining a <a href=\"/glossary/c/#contract\" class=\"term\" title=\"An agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable rights and obligations.\"><span>contract</span></a> with a <a href=\"/glossary/c/#customer\" class=\"term\" title=\"A party that has contracted with an entity to obtain goods or services that are an output of the entity's ordinary activities in exchange for consideration.\"><span>customer</span></a> within the scope of Topic <a altsource=\"GUID-90450890-CA59-4C9A-A88C-D53D3DE3192F.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">606</a> on <a href=\"/glossary/r/#revenue\" class=\"term\" title=\"Inflows or other enhancements of assets of an entity or settlements of its liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or producing goods, rendering services, or other activities that constitute the entity's ongoing major or central operations.\"><span>revenue</span></a> from contracts with customers (excluding any consideration payable to a customer, see paragraphs <div class=\"xref-range displayInline\"><a href=\"/asc/606/10/#606-10-32-25\" class=\"xref\">606-10-32-25 through 32-27</a></div>).</span></span> </div> </div>","snippet":"The guidance in this Subtopic applies to the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer within the scope of Topic 606 on revenue from contracts with customers (excluding any consideration payable to a cust…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:1da156a5ff8df1e7ae55f89ee61270a8f30b98fc3fd757d576d2b1499ba5a438","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:56:14.365Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:56:14.365Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147479593","source_sha256":"7153f97823e48f62011ac1be7070aa249e3cd4b3f6ed16f82a22a8c743d4b563"}},{"citation":"340-40-15-3","para":"15-3","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_67EEDE65-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The guidance in this Subtopic applies to the costs incurred in fulfilling a <a href=\"/glossary/c/#contract\" class=\"term\" title=\"An agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable rights and obligations.\"><span>contract</span></a> with a <a href=\"/glossary/c/#customer\" class=\"term\" title=\"A party that has contracted with an entity to obtain goods or services that are an output of the entity's ordinary activities in exchange for consideration.\"><span>customer</span></a> within the scope of Topic <a altsource=\"GUID-90450890-CA59-4C9A-A88C-D53D3DE3192F.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">606</a> on <a href=\"/glossary/r/#revenue\" class=\"term\" title=\"Inflows or other enhancements of assets of an entity or settlements of its liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or producing goods, rendering services, or other activities that constitute the entity's ongoing major or central operations.\"><span>revenue</span></a> from contracts with customers, unless the costs are within the scope of another Topic or Subtopic, including, but not limited to, any of the following: </span></span> <ol class=\"ol-norm\"> <li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span> <div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_67EEDF81-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Topic <a altsource=\"GUID-9BC45383-18BB-434A-89C4-61B06E1589B4.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">330</a> on inventory </span></span> </div> </li> <li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span> <div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_67EEE08E-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Paragraphs <div class=\"xref-range displayInline\"><a href=\"/asc/340/10/#340-10-25-1\" class=\"xref\">340-10-25-1 through 25-4</a></div> on preproduction costs related to long-term supply arrangements </span></span> </div> </li> <li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span> <div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_67EEE194-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Subtopic <a altsource=\"GUID-075EA408-A11A-49CD-B482-8902F131702E.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">350-40</a> on internal-use software </span></span> </div> </li> <li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">d</span> <div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_67EEE29B-6E92-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Topic <a altsource=\"GUID-847FF5CA-00CD-4A53-B142-BD0FF040062C.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">360</a> on property, plant, and equipment</span></span> </div> </li> <li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">e</span> <div 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