Question

Under the percentage of completion method, if the actual costs are ____ the estimated costs, the taxpayer must pay interest on the underpayment of prior years’ taxes.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is Less than the estimated costs.

Explanation:

The percentage method completed is an accounting practice used to recognize income in long-term contracts.

When long-term projects (greater than one year) are undertaken, the costs and revenues associated with it are incurred throughout its life.

This accounting method, as its name suggests, allows the company to account for part of the associated income and expenses incurred as the project phases are completed. Thus, the percentage complete method is understood as a method of recognition of recognition of income and expenses that is applied continuously without having to defer income and expenses at the end of the project.