Cost estimates on a long-term contract may indicate that a loss will result on completion of the entire contract. In this case, the entire expected loss should be

A) recognized in the current period, regardless of whether the percentage-of-completion or completed-

contract method is employed.

B) recognized in the current period under the percentage-of-completion method, but the completed-contract

method defers recognition of the loss to the time when the contract is completed.

C) recognized in the current period under the completed-contract method, but the percentage-of-

completion method defers the loss until the contract is completed.

D) deferred and recognized when the contract is completed, regardless of whether the percentage-of-

completion or completed-contract method is employed.