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Please find page 54 of the 2016 Tesla annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.Atthetimeofrevenuerecognition,werecordareserveagainstrevenueforestimatedfutureproductreturns.Suchestimatesarebasedonhistorical
experienceandareimmaterialinallperiodspresented.
Vehiclesalestocustomerswitharesidualvalueguarantee
Weofferresalevalueguaranteesorsimilarbuy-backtermstoallcustomerswhopurchasevehiclesandwhofinancetheirvehiclethroughoneofour
specifiedcommercialbankingpartners.Underthisprogram,customershavetheoptionofsellingtheirvehiclebacktousduringtheguaranteeperiodforapre-
determinedresalevalue.Guaranteeperiodsgenerallyrangefrom36to39months.Althoughwereceivefullpaymentforthevehiclesalespriceatthetimeof
delivery,wearerequiredtoaccountforthesetransactionsasoperatingleases.Theamountofsaleproceedsequaltotheresidualvalueguaranteeisdeferreduntil
theguaranteeexpiresorisexercised.Theremainingsaleproceedsaredeferredandrecognizedonastraightlinebasisoverthestatedguaranteeperiod.The
guaranteeperiodexpiresattheearlieroftheendoftheguaranteeperiodorthepay-offoftheinitialloan.Wecapitalizethecostofthesevehiclestoleasedvehicles
onourConsolidatedBalanceSheetsanddepreciatetheirvalue,lesssalvagevalue,tocostofautomotiverevenueoverthesameperiod.
Incaseswhencustomerretainsownershipofthevehicleattheendoftheguaranteeperiod,theresalevalueguaranteeliabilityandanyremainingdeferred
revenuebalancesrelatedtothevehiclearesettledtoautomotiverevenueandthenetbookvalueoftheleasedvehicleisexpensedtocostsofautomotive
revenue.Incaseswhencustomersreturnthevehiclebacktousduringtheguaranteeperiod,wepurchasethevehicleformthecustomerinanamountequaltothe
resalevalueguaranteeandsettleanyremainingdeferredbalancestoautomotiverevenueandwereclassifythenetbookvalueofthevehicleonourbalancesheetto
pre-ownedvehicleinventory.AsofDecember31,2015,$136.8millionofguaranteesareexercisablebycustomerswithinthenexttwelvemonths.
Vehiclesalestoleasingpartnerswitharesidualvalueguarantee
Inthefourthquarterof2014,wealsobeganofferingresidualvalueguaranteesinconnectionwithautomobilesalestocertainbankleasingpartners.Aswe
haveguaranteedthevalueofthesevehiclesandasthevehiclesareleasedtoend-customers,weaccountforthesetransactionsasinterestbearingcollateralized
borrowingsasrequiredunderASC840-Leases.Underthisprogram,cashisreceivedforthefullpriceofthevehicleandisrecordedwithinresalevalueguarantee
forthelong-termportionanddeferredrevenueforthecurrentportion.Weaccretethedeferredrevenueamounttoautomotiverevenueonastraightlinebasisover
theguaranteeperiodandaccrueinterestexpensebasedonourborrowingrate.WecapitalizevehiclesunderthisprogramtoleasedvehiclesonourConsolidated
BalanceSheetsandwerecorddepreciationfromthesevehiclestocostofautomotiverevenuesduringtheperiodthevehicleisunderaleasearrangement.Cash
receivedforthesevehicles,netofrevenuerecognizedduringtheperiod,isclassifiedascollateralizedleaseborrowingswithincashflowsfromfinancingactivities
inourConsolidatedStatementsofCashFlows.
Attheendoftheleaseterm,wesettleourliabilityincashbyeitherpurchasingthevehiclefromtheleasingpartnerfortheresidualvalueguaranteeamount,
orpayingashortfalltotheguaranteeamounttheleasingpartnermayrealizeonthesaleofthevehicle.Anyremainingbalanceswithindeferredrevenueandresale
valueguaranteewillbesettledtoautomotiverevenue.Incaseswherethebankretainsownershipofthevehicleaftertheendofourguaranteeperiod,weexpense
thenetvalueoftheleasedvehicletocostsofautomotiverevenue.Themaximumcashwecouldberequiredtopayunderthisprogram,shouldwedecideto
repurchaseallvehiclesis$348.2millionatDecember31,2015.
AsofDecember31,2015andDecember31,2014,wehad$527.5millionand$16.7millionofsuchborrowingsrecordedintheresalevalueguarantee
liabilityand$120.5millionand$3.9millionrecordedindeferredrevenueliability.
Atleastannually,weassesstheestimatedmarketvaluesofvehiclesunderourresalevalueguaranteeprogramtodetermineifwehavesustainedalosson
anyofthesecontracts.Asweaccumulatemoredatarelatedtotheresalevaluesofourvehiclesorasmarketconditionschange,theremaybesignificantchangesto
theirestimatedvalues.
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