E18-26 (Recognition of profit on long-time contracts) during 2014, Nilsen Company started a construction job with a contract price of $1,600.000. The job was completed in 2016. The following information is available.
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2014
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2015
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2016
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Costs incurred to date
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$400,000
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$825,000
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1,070,000
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Estimated costs to complete
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6,000,000
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275,000
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0
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Billings to date
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3,000,000
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900,000
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1,600,000
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Collections to date
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270,000
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810,000
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1,425,000
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Instructions
(a) Compute the amount of gross profit to be recognized each year, assuming the percentage-of- completion method is used.
(b) Prepare all necessary journal entries for 2015
(c) Compute the amount of gross profit to be recognized each year, assuming the completed-contract method is used