Destiny Apartments Inc. (DA Inc.) is building a luxury condominium for a contract price of $68,000,000. This is estimated to be a three-year project with an estimated cost of $54,000,000. DA Inc. uses the percentage of completion method of revenue recognition, using the cost-to-cost method of estimating the percentage complete. The following is the best available information at the end of each year:     Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Costs incurred each year 9,000 31,500 20,000 Estimated costs to complete 51,000 27,000 0 Billings 13,000 29,500 25,500 Collections 9,000 26,500 32,500   Required: a. Explain how the percentage completion method reduced information asymmetry and guards against moral hazard. b. Compute the amount of gross profit to be recognized in Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3. Show computations in tabular form provided below:   Year 1 Year 2 Year3 Cost incurred to date       Estimated cost to complete       Estimated total cost       Contract price       Estimated gross profit       % complete       Gross profit to date       Gross profit previously recognized       Current gross profit         c. Complete the PARTIAL Balance Sheet for Year 2 Current assets Accounts Receivable       Inventories                   Current Liabilities Unearned revenue

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Destiny Apartments Inc. (DA Inc.) is building a luxury condominium for a contract price of $68,000,000. This is estimated to be a three-year project with an estimated cost of $54,000,000. DA Inc. uses the percentage of completion method of revenue recognition, using the cost-to-cost method of estimating the percentage complete. The following is the best available information at the end of each year:

 

 

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Costs incurred each year

9,000

31,500

20,000

Estimated costs to complete

51,000

27,000

0

Billings

13,000

29,500

25,500

Collections

9,000

26,500

32,500

 

Required:

a. Explain how the percentage completion method reduced information asymmetry and guards against moral hazard.

b. Compute the amount of gross profit to be recognized in Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3. Show computations in tabular form provided below:

 

Year 1

Year 2

Year3

Cost incurred to date

 

 

 

Estimated cost to complete

 

 

 

Estimated total cost

 

 

 

Contract price

 

 

 

Estimated gross profit

 

 

 

% complete

 

 

 

Gross profit to date

 

 

 

Gross profit previously recognized

 

 

 

Current gross profit

 

 

 

 

c. Complete the PARTIAL Balance Sheet for Year 2

Current assets

Accounts Receivable

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

Unearned revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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