# ASC 910-10: Contractors—Construction — Overall

Source: FASB Accounting Standards Codification, Basic View

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## ASC 910-10: Contractors—Construction — Overall

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    "The Topic supplies only incremental industry guidance for contractors performing construction-type contracts; such entities must also comply with all otherwise applicable standards (910-10-15-1 through 15-2).",
    "Defining industry characteristics: contracts are bid or negotiated for a unique property built to customer specification at the customer's site, priced on estimated cost plus desired margin, often bonded, with costs and revenues accumulated by individual contract over more than one period (910-10-15-3 through 15-4); the four pricing types are fixed-price/lump-sum, unit-price, cost-type, and time-and-materials.",
    "Depreciation of small tools carried in fixed assets may be charged either to overhead or to specific contracts (910-10-35-1); see 910-20-25-4 for recognition of small tools.",
    "Retainages not collectible within one year (or within the operating cycle if longer) are classified as noncurrent on a classified balance sheet (910-10-45-1).",
    "Proportionate gross financial statement presentation of an equity-method investment in an unincorporated legal entity is permitted only when the investee is in the construction or an extractive industry (910-10-45-4; 810-10-45-14).",
    "Disclosures include the method of reporting by affiliated entities, the range of contract durations if the operating cycle exceeds one year, and liquidity characteristics of specific assets and liabilities if the operating cycle exceeds one year or an unclassified balance sheet is used (910-10-50-2 through 50-3).",
    "For receivables maturing after one year, disclose amounts (and, if practicable, amounts by year) and interest rates; for billed but unpaid contract retainages, disclose the amounts, the portion expected to be collected after one year, and if practicable the years of collection (910-10-50-6 through 50-7); revenue recognition itself is governed by Topic 606 (910-10-60-1)."
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## ASC 910-10-00: 00 Status

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The following table identifies the changes made to this Subtopic.

<table class="asc-table" frame="all" id="SL50391293-162343"><tbody><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Paragraph</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Action</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Accounting Standards Update</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Date</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#contract" class="term" title="An agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable rights and obligations."><span>Contracts</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#cost-type-contracts" class="term" title="Contracts that provide for reimbursement of allowable or otherwise defined costs incurred plus a fee that represents profit. Cost-type contracts usually only require that the contractor use his best efforts to accomplish the scope of the work within some specified time and some stated dollar limitation. See also the following common variations of cost-plus contracts: Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contract Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contract Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee Contract (Incentive Based on Cost) Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee Contract (Incentive Based on Performance) Cost-Sharing Contract Cost-Without-Fee Contract."><span>Cost-Type Contracts</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/l/#lump-sum-contract" class="term" title="See Fixed-Price Contracts."><span>Lump-Sum Contract</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/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></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#time-and-material-contracts" class="term" title="Contracts that generally provide for payments to the contractor on the basis of direct labor hours at fixed hourly rates (that cover the cost of direct labor and indirect expenses and profit) and cost of materials or other specified costs. Common variations of time and material contracts areas follows: Time at marked-up rate Time at marked-up rate, material at cost Time and material at marked-up rates Guaranteed maximum cost—labor only or labor and material."><span>Time-and-Materials Contracts</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#unit-price-contracts" class="term" title="Contracts under which the contractor is paid a specified amount for every unit of work performed. A unit-price contract is essentially a fixed-price contract with the only variable being units of work performed. Variations in unit-price contracts include the same type of variations as fixed-price contracts. A unit-price contract is normally awarded on the basis of a total price that is the sum of the product of the specified units and unit prices. The method of determining total contract price may give rise to unbalanced unit prices because units to be delivered early in the contract may be assigned higher unit prices than those to be delivered as the work under the contract progresses."><span>Unit-Price Contracts</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-05-2" class="xref">910-10-05-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-6F29F051-8A9B-4738-B51B-3BB1598AD7A5.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2019-01 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">01/08/2019</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-05-2" class="xref">910-10-05-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-15-4" class="xref">910-10-15-4</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-15-4" class="xref">910-10-15-4</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-35-1" class="xref">910-10-35-1</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-6F29F051-8A9B-4738-B51B-3BB1598AD7A5.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2019-01 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">01/08/2019</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-45-1" class="xref">910-10-45-1 through 45-4</a></div></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-6F29F051-8A9B-4738-B51B-3BB1598AD7A5.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2019-01 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">01/08/2019</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-45-3" class="xref">910-10-45-3</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">01/08/2019</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-50-1" class="xref">910-10-50-1 through 50-7</a></div></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-6F29F051-8A9B-4738-B51B-3BB1598AD7A5.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2019-01 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">01/08/2019</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-60-1" class="xref">910-10-60-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class="entry">05/28/2014</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## ASC 910-10-05: 05 Overview and Background

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The Contractors—Construction Topic provides incremental industry-specific guidance on the application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in accounting for the performance of contracts for which specifications are provided by the customer for the construction of facilities or the production of goods or for the provision of related services.

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This Topic includes the following Subtopics:

1.  a
    
    Overall
    
2.  b
    
    Contract Costs
    
3.  c
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Maintenance Update No. 2019-01.](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/maintenance-updates-2019/)
    
4.  d
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/).
    
5.  e
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Maintenance Update No. 2019-01.](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/maintenance-updates-2019/)
    
6.  f
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/).
    
7.  g
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Maintenance Update No. 2019-01.](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/maintenance-updates-2019/)
    
8.  h
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/).
    
9.  i
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/).
    
10.  j
     
     Consolidation.

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## ASC 910-10-10: 10 Objectives

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The objective of this Topic and the related Subtopics is to present incremental accounting principles specifically related to construction contractors.

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## ASC 910-10-15: 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions

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#### Overall Guidance

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The Subtopics within the Contractors—Construction Topic only provide incremental industry-specific guidance for the entities defined in this Scope Section, or as further defined in the Scope Sections of the individual Subtopics. Entities within the scope of this Topic shall also comply with the applicable standards not included in this Topic.

#### Entities

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The Contractor Accounting—Construction Contractors Topic provides guidance for entities that perform construction-type contracts.

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Although the construction industry is difficult to define because of its diversity, certain characteristics are common to entities in the industry. The most basic characteristic is that work is performed under contractual arrangements with customers. A contractor, regardless of the type of construction activity or the type of contractor, typically enters into an agreement with a customer to build or to make improvements on a tangible property to the customer's specification. The contract with the customer specifies the work to be performed, specifies the basis of determining the amount and terms of payment of the contract price, and generally requires total performance before the contractor's obligation is discharged. Unlike the work of many manufacturers, the construction activities of a contractor are usually performed at job sites owned by customers rather than at a central place of business, and each contract usually involves the production of a unique property rather than repetitive production of identical products.

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Other characteristics common to contractors and significant to accountants and users of financial statements include the following:

1.  a
    
    A contractor normally obtains the contracts that generate revenue or sales by bidding or negotiating for specific projects.
    
2.  b
    
    A contractor bids for or negotiates the initial contract price based on an estimate of the cost to complete the project and the desired profit margin, although the initial price may be changed or renegotiated.
    
3.  c
    
    A contractor may be exposed to significant risks in the performance of a contract, particularly a fixed-price contract.
    
4.  d
    
    Customers (usually referred to as owners) frequently require a contractor to post a performance and a payment bond as protection against the contractor's failure to meet performance and payment requirements.
    
5.  e
    
    The costs and revenues of a contractor are typically accumulated and accounted for by individual contracts or contract commitments extending beyond one accounting period, which complicates the management, accounting, and auditing processes.
    
6.  f
    
    The nature of a contractor's risk exposure varies with the type of contract. The several types of contracts used in the construction industry are described in paragraphs
    
    [605-35-15-2 through 15-5](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/605/35/#605-35-15-2)
    
    . The four basic types of contracts used based on their pricing arrangements are [fixed-price](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/f/#fixed-price-contracts "A fixed-price or lump-sum contract is a contract in which the price is not usually subject to adjustment because of costs incurred by the contractor. See also the following common variations of fixed-price contracts: Firm Fixed-Price Contract Fixed-Price Contract with Economic Price Adjustment Fixed-Price Contract Providing for Prospective Periodic Redetermination of Price Fixed-Price Contract Providing for Retroactive Redetermination of Price Fixed-Price Contract Providing for Firm Target Cost Incentives Fixed-Price Contract Providing for Successive Target Cost Incentives Fixed-Price Contract Providing for Performance Incentives Fixed-Price Level-of-Effort Term Contract.") or [lump-sum contracts](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/l/#lump-sum-contract "See Fixed-Price Contracts."), [unit-price contracts](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#unit-price-contracts "Contracts under which the contractor is paid a specified amount for every unit of work performed. A unit-price contract is essentially a fixed-price contract with the only variable being units of work performed. Variations in unit-price contracts include the same type of variations as fixed-price contracts. A unit-price contract is normally awarded on the basis of a total price that is the sum of the product of the specified units and unit prices. The method of determining total contract price may give rise to unbalanced unit prices because units to be delivered early in the contract may be assigned higher unit prices than those to be delivered as the work under the contract progresses."), [cost-type contracts](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#cost-type-contracts "Contracts that provide for reimbursement of allowable or otherwise defined costs incurred plus a fee that represents profit. Cost-type contracts usually only require that the contractor use his best efforts to accomplish the scope of the work within some specified time and some stated dollar limitation. See also the following common variations of cost-plus contracts: Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contract Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contract Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee Contract (Incentive Based on Cost) Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee Contract (Incentive Based on Performance) Cost-Sharing Contract Cost-Without-Fee Contract."), and [time-and-materials contracts](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#time-and-material-contracts "Contracts that generally provide for payments to the contractor on the basis of direct labor hours at fixed hourly rates (that cover the cost of direct labor and indirect expenses and profit) and cost of materials or other specified costs. Common variations of time and material contracts areas follows: Time at marked-up rate Time at marked-up rate, material at cost Time and material at marked-up rates Guaranteed maximum cost—labor only or labor and material.").

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## ASC 910-10-35: 35 Subsequent Measurement

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#### Small Tools

##### [910-10-35-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-35-1)

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Depreciation of small tools carried in fixed assets may be charged to overhead or to specific contracts. See paragraph [910-20-25-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/20/#910-20-25-4) for recognition guidance on small tools.

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## ASC 910-10-45: 45 Other Presentation Matters

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#### Receivables

##### [910-10-45-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-45-1)

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The portion of retainages not collectible within one year, or within the operating cycle if it is longer than one year, shall be classified as noncurrent in a classified balance sheet.

##### [910-10-45-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-45-2)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/).

##### [910-10-45-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-45-3)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/).

#### Consolidation—Investment in an Unincorporated Legal Entity

##### [910-10-45-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-45-4)

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Paragraph [810-10-45-14](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/810/10/#810-10-45-14) explains that a proportionate gross financial statement presentation is not appropriate for an investment in an unincorporated legal entity accounted for by the equity method of accounting unless the investee is in either the construction industry (as discussed in this Topic) or an extractive industry (see paragraphs [930-810-45-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/810/930/#810-930-45-1) and [932-810-45-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/810/932/#810-932-45-1)).

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## ASC 910-10-50: 50 Disclosure

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##### [910-10-50-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-50-1)

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This Subtopic provides guidance on disclosures specific to the construction industry.

#### Accounting Policies

##### [910-10-50-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-50-2)

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Construction contractors shall follow the general disclosure requirements of Subtopic 235-10. Significant accounting policy disclosures relating to construction contractors include both of the following:

1.  a
    
    Information relating to the method of reporting by affiliated entities shall be disclosed.
    
2.  b
    
    If the operating cycle exceeds one year, the range of contract durations shall be disclosed.

#### Liquidity Characteristics

##### [910-10-50-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-50-3)

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An entity shall disclose liquidity characteristics of specific assets and liabilities if either of the following conditions is met:

1.  a
    
    The entity's operating cycle exceeds one year.
    
2.  b
    
    The entity uses an unclassified balance sheet.

#### Receivables

##### [910-10-50-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-50-4)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/).

##### [910-10-50-5](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-50-5)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-09/).

##### [910-10-50-6](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-50-6)

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Both of the following shall be disclosed for receivable amounts maturing after one year:

1.  a
    
    The amount maturing after one year and, if practicable, the amounts maturing in each year
    
2.  b
    
    Interest rates on major receivable items, or on classes of receivables, maturing after one year or an indication of the average interest rate or the range of rates on all receivables.

##### [910-10-50-7](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-50-7)

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If receivables include amounts representing balances billed but not paid by customers under contract retainage provisions, a contractor shall disclose, either in the balance sheet or in a note to financial statements, all of the following:

1.  a
    
    The amounts
    
2.  b
    
    The portion, if any, expected to be collected after one year
    
3.  c
    
    If practicable, the years in which the amounts are expected to be collected.

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## ASC 910-10-60: 60 Relationships

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#### Revenue Recognition

##### [910-10-60-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/910/10/#910-10-60-1)

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For guidance on accounting for [revenue](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/r/#revenue "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.") recognition of construction-type [contracts](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#contract "An agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable rights and obligations."), see Topic 606.
