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The board of directors of Ivanhoe Construction Company is meeting to choose between the cost-recovery method and the percentage-of-completion method of accounting for long-term contracts in the company's financial statements. You have been engaged to assist Ivanhoe's controller in the preparation of a presentation to be given at the board meeting. The controller provides you with the following information:
1. Ivanhoe commenced doing business on January 1,2024.
2. Construction activities for the year ended December 31,2024, were as follows:
3. Each contract is with a different customer.
4. Any work remaining to be done on the contracts is expected to be completed in 2025.
(a)
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Compute the amount of income (or loss) before selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31,2024, which would be reported under:
(1) The cost-recovery method.
(2) The percentage-of-completion method (based on estimated costs).\$
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