Reference no: EM132431168

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Q1. During 2020, Susan Building Company constructed various assets at a total cost of $12,600,000. The weighted average accumulated expenditures on assets qualifying for capitalization of interest during 2020 were $8,138,000. The company had the following debt outstanding at December 31, 2020:

1.10%, 5-year note to finance construction of various assets, dated January 1, 2020, with interest payable annually on January 1 $5,452,000.

2.12%, ten-year bonds issued at par on December 31, 2014, with interest payable annually on December 315,946,000.

3. 9%, 3-year note payable, dated January 1, 2019, with interest payable annually on January 1 2,973,000.

Compute the amounts of each of the following.

1. Avoidable interest.

2. Total interest to be capitalized during 2020.

Q2. Sheffield Furniture Company started construction of a combination office and warehouse building for its own use at an estimated cost of $7,500,000 on January 1, 2020. Sheffield expected to complete the building by December 31, 2020. Sheffield has the following debt obligations outstanding during the construction period.

Construction loan-12% interest, payable semiannually, issued December 31, 2019 $3,000,000.

Short-term loan-10% interest, payable monthly, and principal payable at maturity on May 30, 2021 2,100,000.

Long-term loan-11% interest, payable on January 1 of each year. Principal payable on January 1, 2024 1,500,000.

Assume that Sheffield completed the office and warehouse building on December 31, 2020, as planned at a total cost of $7,800,000, and the weighted-average amount of accumulated expenditures was $5,400,000. Compute the avoidable interest on this project.

Compute the depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2021. Sheffield elected to depreciate the building on a straight-line basis and determined that the asset has a useful life of 30 years and a salvage value of $450,000.