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Chapter 12: Q32. (page 610)
Why might a company become involved in an interest rate swap contract to receive fixed interest payments and pay variable?
A company might enter into the contract of the interest rate swap contract to set off the fixed payment of the debt obligation against the fixed payment swap.
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Question: Sinise Industries acquired two copyrights during 2017. One copyright related to a textbook that was developed internally at a cost of \(9,900. This textbook is estimated to have a useful life of 3 years from September 1, 2017, the date it was published. The second copyright (a history research textbook) was purchased from University Press on December 1, 2017, for \)24,000. This textbook has an indefinite useful life. How should these two copyrights be reported on Sinise鈥檚 balance sheet as of December 31, 2017?
Question: Indicate whether the following items are capitalized or expensed in the current year.
(Accounting for R&D Costs) In 2015, Wright Tool Company purchased a building site for its proposed research and development laboratory at a cost of \(60,000. Construction of the building was started in 2015. The building was completed on December 31, 2016, at a cost of \)320,000 and was placed in service on January 2, 2017. The estimated useful life of the building for depreciation purposes was 20 years. The straight-line method of depreciation was to be employed, and there was no estimated residual value.
Management estimates that about 50% of the projects of the research and development group will result in long-term benefits (i.e., at least 10 years) to the corporation. The remaining projects either benefit the current period or are abandoned before completion. A summary of the number of projects and the direct costs incurred in conjunction with the research and development activities for 2017 appears below.
Number of Projects | Salaries and Employee Benefits | Other Expenses (excluding Building Depreciation Charges) | |
Completed projects with long-term benefits | 15 | \( 90,000 | \)50,000 |
Abandoned projects or projects that benefit the current period | 10 | 65,000 | 15,000 |
Projects in process鈥攔esults indeterminate | 5 | 40,000 | 12,000 |
Total | 30 | \(195,000 | \)77,000 |
Upon recommendation of the research and development group, Wright Tool Company acquired a patent for manufacturing rights at a cost of $88,000. The patent was acquired on April 1, 2016, and has an economic life of 10 years.
Instructions
If generally accepted accounting principles were followed, how would the items above relating to research and development activities be reported on the following financial statements?
(a) The company鈥檚 income statement for 2017.
(b) The company鈥檚 balance sheet as of December 31, 2017.
Be sure to give account titles and amounts, and briefly justify your presentation.
Romo Company spent \(190,000 developing a new process, \)45,000 in legal fees to obtain a patent, and $91,000 to market the process that was patented, all in the year 2017. How should these costs be accounted for in 2017?
On January 1, 2017, Hi and Lois Company purchased 12% bonds having a maturity value of \(300,000 for \)322,744.44. The bonds provide the bondholders with a 10% yield. They are dated January 1, 2017, and mature January 1, 2022, with interest received on January 1 of each year. Hi and Lois Company uses the effective interest method to allocate unamortized discount or premium. The bonds are classified in the held-to-maturity category.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the journal entry at the date of the bond purchase.
(b) Prepare a bond amortization schedule.
(c) Prepare the journal entry to record the interest revenue and the amortization at December 31, 2017.
(d) Prepare the journal entry to record the interestand the amortization at December 31, 2018.
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