Mars, Inc Follows IFRS for Its External Financial Reporting, While Jerome

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Mars, Inc. follows IFRS for its external financial reporting, while Jerome Company uses U.S. GAAP for its external financial reporting. During the year ended December 31, 2015, both companies changed from using the completed-contract method of revenue recognition for long-term construction contracts to the percentage-of-completion method. Both companies experienced an indirect effect, related to increased profit-sharing payments in 2015, of $30,000. As a result of this change, how much expense related to the profit-sharing payment must be recognized by each company on the income statement for the year ended December 31, 2015?