You are required to prepare the contract account for the year ended 31 December 19X0, and show the calculation of the sum to be credited to the profit and loss account for that year.

On 1 April 19X0 MN Ltd commenced work on a contract which was to be completed by 30 June 19X1 at an agreed price of £520,000.

MN Ltd’s financial year ended on 31 December 19X0, and on that day expenditure on the contract totalled £263,000 made up as under:

It was estimated that the contract would be completed on time but that a contingency provision of £15,000 should be made. From this estimate and the expenditure already incurred, it was decided to estimate the total profit that would be made on the contract and to take to the credit of the profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December 19X0, that proportion of the total profit relating to the work actually certified to that date.

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Plant 30,000 Materials 124,000 Wages 95,000 Sundry expenses 5,000 Head office charges 9,000 263,000 Cash totalling 195,000 had been received by 31 December 19X0 representing 75 per cent of the work certified as completed on that date, but in addition, work costing 30,000 had been completed but not certified. A sum of 9,000 had been obtained on the sale of materials which had cost 8,000 but which had been found unsuitable. On 31 December 19X0 stocks of unused materials on site had cost 10,000 and the plant was valued at 20,000. To complete the contract by 30 June 19X1 it was estimated that: (a) the following additional expenditures would be incurred: Wages Materials Sundry expenses 64,000 74,400 9,000 (b) further plant costing 25,000 would be required; (c) the residual value of all plant used on the contract at 30 June 19X1 would be 15,000; (d) head office charges to the contract would be at the same annual rate plus 10 per cent.