Question

During 20X1, X Company manufactured equipment for its own use at a total cost of $2,400,000. The project required the entire year to complete and all costs were incurred uniformly throughout the year. At the beginning of the period, X was able to borrow $1,500,000 at 6% specifically for the purchase of materials and the manufacture of the equipment. The entire debt, with interest was repaid on December 31, 20X1, replaced with a long-term loan. Throughout 20X1, X Company had additional debt of $1,000,000 with a weighted average interest rate of 7%. If X Company capitalizes to the equipment the maximum amount of interest allowable under GAAP, how much will X report as interest expense in 20X1

Answer 1

$88,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The company's total interest expense for the year = ($1,500,000 x 6%) + ($1,000,000 x 7%) = $90,000 + $70,000 = $160,000

The company can capitalize the weighted average expenses times the interest rate of the specific loan for this project. Since the costs were paid uniformly during the year, the weighted average costs = $2,400,000 / 2 = $1,200,000. It can capitalize interests for up to $1,200,000 x 6% = $72,000.

Total interests - capitalized interests = $160,000 - $72,000 = $88,000