Question 1 Accounting for Construction Contracts 10 Marks XYZ Ltd signs a contract on 30 June 2015, agreeing to build a bridge for ABC Limited at a
contract price of $40 million. XYZ Ltd estimates that construction costs will be as follows:

Year Ending Cost

30 June 2016 $10 000 000
30 June 2017 $16 000 000
30 June 2018 $ 6 000 000
$32 000 000
The contract provides that ABC will make payments on 30 June of each year as follows:
2016 $8 000 000
2017 $20 000 000
2018 $12 000 000
$40 000 000
XYZ now estimates at the beginning of the 2017 financial year that construction costs will be
as follows:

Year Ending Cost

30 June 2016 $10 000 000
30 June 2017 $21 000 000
30 June 2018 $15 000 000
$46 000 000
Required:
Calculate:
a) Percentage of completion for each of the three years. (4 marks)
b) Revenue to be recognised in each of the three years. (3 marks)
c) Gross profit/loss to be recognised in each of the three years. (3 marks)

The beach dude (bd) employs a legion of current and former surfers as salespeople who push its surfing-oriented products to various customers (usually retail outlets). this case describes bd's sales and collection process. each bd salesperson works with a specific group of customers throughout the year. in fact, they often surf with their customers to try out the latest surf gear. the bd salespeople act laid-back, but they work hard for their sales. each sale often involves hours of surfing with their customers while the customers sample all the latest surf wear. because bd makes the best surfing products, the customers look forward to the visits from the bd salespeople. and they often buy a lot of gear. each sale is identified by a unique invoice number and usually involves many different products. customers pay for each sale in full within 30 days, but they can combine payments for multiple sales. bd manages its clothing inventory by item (e.g., xl bd surfer logo t-shirts), identified by product number, but it also classifies the items by clothing line (the lines are differentiated by price points as well as the intended use of the clothing, e.g., surfing products, casual wear, . draw a uml class diagram that describes the beach dudes sales and collection process.b. using microsoft access, implement a relational database from your uml class diagram. identify at least three fields per table.c. describe how you would use the relational database to determine the beach dude’s accounts receivable.

Azster inc. recorded sales revenue for the year that ended december 31, 2014 as $67,000. interest revenue of $5,300 and expenses of $14,000 were also recorded for the same period. what is aster’s net profit or loss?

Mikkelson corporation's stock had a required return of 12.50% last year, when the risk-free rate was 3% and the market risk premium was 4.75%. then an increase in investor risk aversion caused the market risk premium to rise by 2%. the risk-free rate and the firm's beta remain unchanged. what is the company's new required rate of return? (hint: first calculate the beta, then find the required return.) do not round your intermediate calculations.