Question: Hometown Construction Corp. entered into a long - term contract to build an office building for Outsider Corp. at a fixed contract price of $

Hometown Construction Corp. entered into a long-term contract to build an office
building for Outsider Corp. at a fixed contract price of $27.5 million on 6/15/2016.
Construction of the building is completed on 12/15/2018. Hometown Construction
expects the building to be completed in two and a half years and uses the Percentage of
Completion Method (cost to cost approach) to account for the contract. Cost information
related to the contract are as follows:
201620172018
Actual Construction costs incurred
during year 4,500,00012,075,0009,425,000
Estimated costs to complete at 12/3120,500,0008,925,0000
A. Determine the amount of Gross Profit that would be recognized each year under
Percentage of Completion.
B. What amount of Gross Profit would be recognized in 2017 if the estimated costs
to complete were $11,000,000?
C. What would be the amount of Gross Profit recognized each year if the completed
Contract Method were used instead?
2. Complete Problem 9-7, p 472.
All parts, for part e, only record transactions related to the account balance that
was written off.

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