Contract
Contract
"making an agreement in
business to do certain
work for consideration"
Generally a contract may be for the
construction of a building, road, a ship or a
complicated piece of machinery etc
Major Parties Involve
contractor contractee
Major Costs
Should Be
Record
Machinery
Machinery Adminstrative
Adminstrative
When a contractor have
several contracts on hand
Cost of materials
contract account should be debited with the cost of materials
purchased specifically for the purpose or supplied from own
stores
Cash Received
the amount received from the contractee on the account of
the contract should be credited to the Contractee's Personal
account
Escalation clause
The clause provide that in case prices of item
of raw materials, labour etc. specified in the
contract, change during the execution of the
contract, contract price will be suitably
adjusted.
Wages Machinery
Less Depreciation
Machinery
Contractee Account
Administrative
Expenses
Profit on
Contract
(Balance)
If the contract is not completed in
the same accounting year
Work Certified
the architect of the Contractee from time to time issue
certificates for work done when he check at fix intervals
Profit Transferred =
Estimated Profit X 1/3 X Cash Received for Work Certified %
Profit on Incomplete Contracts
Work Certified > 1/2 of Contract price = 2/3 of profit reduced by
percentage of cash received should be taken to Profit & Loss
Account
Balance Should be treated as reserve
Profit Transferred =
Estimated Profit X 2/3 X Cash Received for Work Certified %
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Profit & Loss Profit b/d
Account
Work In
Progress
(Reserve)