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Chapter 10: Q10Q (page 531)

Question: What interest rates should be used in determining the amount of interest to be capitalized? How should the amount of interest to be capitalized be determined?

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Interest rate on specific borrowing and weighted average interest rate are used to determine the interest amount to be capitalized. Lower of avoidable interest and actual interest is the amount of interest capitalized.

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Determination of Interest rate

Interest rate used for the purpose of interest amount capitalization is based on two situations:

  1. When weighted average expenditure are less or equal to the money borrowed by the company for fund the constructions then interest rate used for borrowing is used.
  2. When weighted average expenditure are more than the money borrowed by the company for fund the constructions then weighted average interest rate is used.
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determination of interest amount

Interest amount that is capitalized is the lower of avoidable interest and actual interest. Avoidable interest rate is the theoretical interest rate that can be avoided if company do not construct the asset.

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(Purchase of Equipment with Zero-Interest-Bearing Debt) Chippewas Inc. has decided to purchase equipment from Central Michigan Industries on January 2, 2017, to expand its production capacity to meet customers鈥� demand for its product. Chippewas issues an \(800,000, 5-year, zero-interest-bearing note to Central Michigan for the new equipment when the prevailing market rate of interest for obligations of this nature is 12%. The company will pay off the note in five \)160,000 installments due at the end of each year over the life of the note.

Instructions (Round to nearest dollar in all computations.)

  1. Prepare the journal entry(ies) at the date of purchase.
  2. Prepare the journal entry(ies) at the end of the first year to record the payment and interest, assuming that the company employs the effective-interest method.
  3. Prepare the journal entry(ies) at the end of the second year to record the payment and interest.
  4. Assuming that the equipment had a 10-year life and no salvage value, prepare the journal entry necessary to record depreciation in the first year. (Straight-line depreciation is employed.)

Use the information for Navajo Corporation from BE10-8. Prepare the journal entry to record the exchange, assuming the exchange lacks commercial substance.

(Accounting for Self-Constructed Assets) Troopers Medical Labs, Inc., began operations 5 years ago producing stetrics, a new type of instrument it hoped to sell to doctors, dentists, and hospitals. The demand for stetrics far exceeded initial expectations, and the company was unable to produce enough stetrics to meet demand.

The company was manufacturing its product on equipment that it built at the start of its operations. To meet demand, more efficient equipment was needed. The company decided to design and build the equipment, because the equipment currently available on the market was unsuitable for producing stetrics.

In 2017, a section of the plant was devoted to development of the new equipment and a special staff was hired. Within 6 months, a machine developed at a cost of \(714,000 increased production dramatically and reduced labor costs substantially. Elated by the success of the new machine, the company built three more machines of the same type at a cost of \)441,000 each.

Instructions

a. In general, what costs should be capitalized for self-constructed equipment?

b. Discuss the propriety of including in the capitalized cost of self-constructed assets:

(1) The increase in overhead caused by the self-construction of fixed assets.

(2) A proportionate share of overhead on the same basis as that applied to goods manufactured for sale.

c. Discuss the proper accounting treatment of the \(273,000 (\)714,000 鈭� $441,000) by which the cost of the first machine exceeded the cost of the subsequent machines. This additional cost should not be considered research and development costs.

Question: The Buildings account of Postera Inc. includes the following items that were used in determining the basis for depreciating the cost of a building.

Organization and promotion expenses. (b) Architect鈥檚 fees. (c) Interest and taxes during construction. (d) Interest revenue on investments held to fund construction of a building. Do you agree with these charges? If not, how would you deal with each of the items above in the corporation鈥檚 books and in its annual financial statements?

(Nonmonetary Exchange) Carlos Arruza Company exchanged equipment used in its manufacturing operations plus \(3,000 in cash for similar equipment used in the operations of Tony LoBianco Company. The following information pertains to the exchange.

Carlos Arruza Co.

Tony LoBianco Co.

Equipment (cost)

\)28,000

$28,000

Accumulated depreciation

19,000

10,000

Fair value of equipment

12,500

15,500

Cash given up

3,000

Instructions

  1. Prepare the journal entries to record the exchange on the books of both companies. Assume that the exchange lacks commercial substance.
  2. Prepare the journal entries to record the exchange on the books of both companies. Assume that the exchange has commercial substance.
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