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Sage Construction Company, which began operations in 2020, changed from the completed-contract to the percentage-of-completion method of accounting for long-term construction contracts during 2021. For tax purposes, the company employs the completed-contract method and will continue this approach in the future. The appropriate information related to this change is as follows.

Pretax Income from

Percentage-of-Completion

Completed-Contract

Difference
2020 $871,000 $550,000 $321,000
2021 920,000 451,000 469,000

(a) Assuming that the tax rate is 20%, what is the amount of net income that would be reported in 2021?

Net income $

(b) What entry is necessary to adjust the accounting records for the change in accounting principle? (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

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