Apple Contractors, an 80%-owned subsidiary, is constructing a warehouse for its parent, Plum Corporation. The following information
Question:
Apple Contractors, an 80%-owned subsidiary, is constructing a warehouse for its parent, Plum Corporation. The following information is available on December 31, 2011:
Percent of completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60%
Costs incurred to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $120,000
Estimated costs to complete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,000
Contract price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000
Amount billed to date (no amounts collected) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000
Apple uses the percentage-of-completion method to account for its long-term contracts.
Record the journal entries that each of the two companies would have made relative to the construction. Prepare a partial trial balance using the data from your entries, and show the eliminations relating to the contract for the December 31, 2011, consolidated worksheet.
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Advanced Accounting
ISBN: 978-0538480284
11th edition
Authors: Paul M. Fischer, William J. Tayler, Rita H. Cheng