Question

Granite Enterprises acquired a patent from Southern Research Corporation on January 1, 2021, for $4.1 million. The patent will be used for five years, even though its legal life is 20 years. Rocky Corporation has made a commitment to purchase the patent from Granite for $180,000 at the end of five years. Compute Granite's patent amortization for 2021, assuming the straight-line method is used.

Answer 1

the patent amortization expense for the year 2021 is $231,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the patent amortization is shown below:

= (Acquired value of the patent - ending value) ÷ legal life

= ($4,800,000 - $180,000) ÷ 20 years

= $231,000

We simply applied the above formula so that the correct value could come

Hence, the patent amortization expense for the year 2021 is $231,000