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construction contracts-revenue

WWarhorse9y ago
On 1 October 2008 Pricewell entered into a contract to construct a bridge over a river. The agreed price of the bridge is £50 million and construction was expected to be completed on 30 September 2010. The £14·3 million in the trial balance is: materials, labour and overheads 12,000 specialist plant (acquired 1 October 2008) 8,000 payment from customer (5,700) The sales value of the work done at 31 March 2009 has been agreed at £22 million and the estimated cost to complete (excluding plant depreciation) is £10 million. The specialist plant will have no residual value at the end of the contract and should be depreciated on a monthly basis. Pricewell recognises profits on uncompleted contracts on the percentage of completion basis as determined by the agreed work to date compared to the total contract price. MY solution: Estimated Profit: Rev: 50000- total costs (12000+8000+10000+2000dep) est profit = 18000 %completed =44% statement of P/L: Revenue=22000 COS=14080 and thus profit=7920 statement of financial position costs to date= 22000(12+8+2dep)+7920-5700=24220 (contract asset) this answer is different from that in the solution. They have no taken the depreciation in costs to date. could you please explain a bit on this? thanks :)
MikeLittleMikeLittleTutor9y ago#1
You can't take 2,000 depreciation AND the 8,000 cost of the specialised plant In addition, the plant is to be written off on a straight line basis whereas the other costs of the contract are to be recognised on a completion stage basis There are two distinct ways of dealing with this problem The first is to follow the workings set out in the course notes: W1 Revenue recognised 44% x 50 million 22,000 Costs recognised 44% x (12 + 10) ( 9,680) Depreciation 6 months ( 2,000) Profit recognised 10,320 W2 Costs to date 12,000 Plant cost to date 2,000 Profit recognised 10,320 Less amounts invoiced ( 5,700) Amount due from customer 18,620 Or ... 44% complete for a contract with a 20,000 profit: Revenue recognised 22,000 Costs recognised (balancing figure) (13,200) Profit recognised (44% x 20,000) 8,800 OK?
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