Question

In 2021, the Westgate Construction Company entered into a contract to construct a road for Santa Clara County for $10,000,000. The road was completed in 2023. Information related to the contract is as follows:

	2021			2022			2023
Cost incurred during the year	$	2,400,000		$	3,600,000		$	2,200,000
Estimated costs to complete as of year-end		5,600,000			2,000,000			0
Billings during the year		2,000,000			4,000,000			4,000,000
Cash collections during the year		1,800,000			3,600,000			4,600,000

Westgate recognizes revenue over time according to percentage of completion.

4. Calculate the amount of revenue and gross profit (loss) to be recognized in each of the three years assuming the following costs incurred and costs to complete information. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Loss amounts should be indicated with a minus sign.)

	2021			2022			2023
Costs incurred during the year	$	2,400,000		$	3,800,000		$	3,200,000
Estimated costs to complete as of year-end		5,600,000			3,100,000			0

	2021	2022	2023
Revenue
Gross Profit (loss)

Answer 1

Solution

	2021	2022	2023
Revenue	$             3,000,000	$        3,666,667	$            3,333,333
Gross profit	$                600,000	$         (133,333)	$                133,333

Working.

		2021	2022	2023
A	Contract Price	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000
B	Cost Incurred to Date	$ 2,400,000	$ 6,200,000	$ 9,400,000
C	Estimated cost yet to be incurred to complete the contract	$ 5,600,000	$ 3,100,000	$ 0
D = B+C	Total Cost	$ 8,000,000	$ 9,300,000	$ 9,400,000
E = (D/B) x 100	% of Completion	30%	67%	100%
F = A x E	Revenue to date	$ 3,000,000	$ 6,666,667	$ 10,000,000
G	Revenue of Previous year	$ 0	$ 3,000,000	$ 6,666,667
H = F - G	Net Revenue this year	$ 3,000,000	$ 3,666,667	$ 3,333,333
I	Cost to date	$ 2,400,000	$ 6,200,000	$ 9,400,000
J	Cost to date of previous year	$ 0	$ 2,400,000	$ 6,200,000
K = I - J	Net Cost for the year	$ 2,400,000	$ 3,800,000	$ 3,200,000
L = H - K	Gross Profits	$ 600,000	-$ 133,333	$ 133,333