# Accounting treatment `kaal:entity:accounting-treatment` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `accounting-treatment`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself. ## Every claim under this term 2 claims across 1 works, 2025 to 2025. **2025** - [5583610-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5583610-009) [mechanism/asserted] -- Because LER rewards are funded out of marketing budgets at roughly one to five cents per holder-day and expensed immediately under U.S. GAAP, the program avoids the balance sheet drag that conventional loyalty liabilities create. > LER avoids balance-sheet drags and streamlines finances by using marketing budgets at a modest $0.01–0.05 per holder-day and expensed upfront under U.S. GAAP. Wulf A. Kaal, Liquid Equity Rewards in Corporate America (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5583610 - [5583610-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5583610-026) [mechanism/argued] -- Funding LER from marketing budgets and expensing it immediately under ASC 606 and IFRS 15 avoids the balance sheet liabilities that traditional loyalty programs incur through deferred revenue. > LER allows issuers to fund LER voucher rewards from marketing budgets, treating them as immediate expenses under U.S. GAAP (ASC 606) and IFRS 15. This avoids balance sheet liabilities Wulf A. Kaal, Liquid Equity Rewards in Corporate America (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5583610 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. Nothing here asks to be taken on trust. curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/accounting-treatment.md | sha256sum **Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.