Sandhill Inc., a real estate developing company, was accounting for its long-term contracts using the completed contract method prior to 2021. In 2021, it changed to the percentage-of-completion method. The company decided to use the same for income tax purposes. The tax rate enacted is 40%. Income before taxes under both the methods for the past three years appears below.     2019   2020   2021 Completed contract   $490000   $324000   $158000 Percentage-of-completion   790000   407000   310000 What amount will be debited to Construction in Process account, to record the change at beginning of 2021?

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Sandhill Inc., a real estate developing company, was accounting for its long-term contracts using the completed contract method prior to 2021. In 2021, it changed to the percentage-of-completion method.

The company decided to use the same for income tax purposes. The tax rate enacted is 40%. Income before taxes under both the methods for the past three years appears below.

    2019   2020   2021
Completed contract   $490000   $324000   $158000
Percentage-of-completion   790000   407000   310000


What amount will be debited to Construction in Process account, to record the change at beginning of 2021?

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Method = Percentage of completion method 

Tax rate = 40%

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