Question

Use the following information . On January 1, 2018, Dennis Company purchased land for an office site by paying $540,000 cash. Dennis began construction on the office building on Jan 1. The following expenditures were incurred for construction: Date Expenditures January 1, 2018 $ 360,000 April 1, 2018 504,000 May 1, 2018 900,000 June 1, 2018 1,440,000 The office was completed and ready for occupancy on July 1st of the following year. To help pay for construction, $720,000 was borrowed on January 1, 2018 on a 9%, 3-year note payable. Other than the construction note, the only debt outstanding during 2018 was a $300,000, 12%, 6-year note payable dated January 1, 2016. Assume the weighted-average accumulated expenditures for the construction project are $870,000. The amount of interest cost to be capitalized during 2018 is:___________.

Answer 1

$82,800

Explanation:

The computation of the amount of interest cost to be capitalized during 2018 is shown below:-

Amount of interest cost to be capitalized = (Borrowed amount × Rate of interest) + ($300,000 ÷ 2 × Rate of interest)

= ($720,000 × 9%) + ($150,000 × 12%)

= $82,800

Therefore for computing the amount of interest cost to be capitalized during 2018 we simply applied the above formula.