The Quality Construction Company was the low bidder on an office building construction contract. The contract bid
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The Quality Construction Company was the low bidder on an office building construction contract. The contract bid was $7,000,000, with an estimated cost to complete the project of $6,000,000.The contract period was 34 months starting January 1, 2007. The company uses the cost-to-cost method of estimating earnings. Because of changes requested by the customer, the contract price was adjusted downward to $6,700,000 on January 1, 2008. A record of construction activities for the years 2007–2010 is as follows:
The estimated cost to complete the contract as of the end of each accounting period is:
2007 …………… $3,500,000
2008 …………… 400,000
2009 …………… 0
Calculate the gross profit for the years 2007–2009 under the percentage-of-completion method of revenue recognition.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0324312140
16th Edition
Authors: James D. Stice, Earl K. Stice, Fred Skousen