Question

BrambleFurniture Company started construction of a combination office and warehouse building for its own use at an estimated cost of $8,000,000 on January 1, 2020. Bramble expected to complete the building by December 31, 2020. Bramble has the following debt obligations outstanding during the construction period. Construction loan-12% interest, payable semiannually, issued December 31, 2019 $3,200,000 Short-term loan-10% interest, payable monthly, and principal payable at maturity on May 30, 2021 2,240,000 Long-term loan-11% interest, payable on January 1 of each year. Principal payable on January 1, 2024 1,600,000 (a) Assume that Bramble completed the office and warehouse building on December 31, 2020, as planned at a total cost of $8,320,000, and the weighted-average amount of accumulated expenditures was $5,760,000. Compute the avoidable interest on this project

Answer 1

$650,752

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the avoidable interest is shown below;

But before that following calculations must be done

Interest payable on short term loan

= $2,240,000 × 10%

= $224,000

Interest payable on long term loan

= $1,600,000 × 11%

= $176,000

Therefore,

Weighted average interest rate is

= ($224,000 + $176,000) ÷ ($2,240,000 + $1,600,000) × 100

= 10.42%

Now

Avoidable interest is

= [$3,200,000 × 12%] + [($5,760,000 - $3,200,000) × 10.42%]

= $650,752