Stripe, Inc.

Xu Rui

Ji Huang

Tanin Na Nakorn

Atikh Bana

Systems, methods and apparatuses for implementing user customizable policies for revenue recognition are described. In some embodiments, user inputs are received from a merchant that specify components of a set of revenue recognition rules to apply to transactions of the merchant on a per transaction basis, wherein each revenue recognition rule specifies a set of conditions to be met to trigger its application, a rule identifier, status, and whether the revenue recognition rule is applied at least one of: a specified product; a specified invoice; a specified customer; a specified payment; a specified refund; and a specified dispute. The user inputs are converted into rules to enable the rules to be matched to the transactions. A transaction is tracked by a server computer system. One or more applicable revenue recognition rules are identified to apply to the transaction, and revenue recognition is performed against the transaction.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing user customizable policies for revenue recognition

Systems, methods and apparatuses for implementing user customizable policies for revenue recognition are described. In some embodiments, a method comprises: tracking, by a network commerce system, a plurality of transactions; determining one or more revenue recognition rules of a plurality of revenue recognition rules that applies to each transaction of the plurality of transactions based on results of matching performed between conditions of each of the plurality of revenue recognition rules and one or more characteristics of said each transaction, the conditions of each rule including an effective time period during which individual transactions are subject to the rule; and automatically performing revenue recognition for each transaction according to one of the one or more revenue recognition rules determined to apply to said each transaction using based on results of matching conditions of one revenue recognition rule and the one or more characteristics of said each transaction.

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