Excess Construction Corp. has a $16 million contract to construct a building.  The company estimates $10.4 million in costs to construct the building and an expected gross profit of $5.6 million.  During the current year, the company incurred $3,120,000 of costs on the contract.  Under the percentage-of-completion method, how much will Excess Construction Corp. report as revenue in the current year?

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Excess Construction Corp. has a $16 million contract to construct a building.  The company estimates $10.4 million in costs to construct the building and an expected gross profit of $5.6 million.  During the current year, the company incurred $3,120,000 of costs on the contract. 

Under the percentage-of-completion method, how much will Excess Construction Corp. report as revenue in the current year?

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