Reference no: EM133188922

Question - 1. On January 1, 2020, Grouper signed an agreement to operate as a franchisee of Copy Service Inc., for an initial franchise fee of $75,000. Of this amount, $37,000 was paid when the agreement was signed and the balance is payable in four annual payments of $9,500 each, beginning January 1, 2022. The agreement provides that the down payment is not refundable and no future services are required of the franchisor. The present value at January 1, 2020, of the four annual payments discounted at 7% (the implicit rate for a loan of this type) is $32,179. The agreement also provides that 4% of the franchisee's revenue must be paid to the franchisor each year. The franchisor requires that Grouper provide it with some form of assurance verifying the revenue amount used to determine the 4% payment. Grouper's revenue from the franchise for 2020 was $750,000. Grouper estimates that the franchise's useful life will be 9 years.

2. Grouper incurred $45,000 in experimental costs in its laboratory to develop a patent, and the patent was granted on January 2, 2020. Legal fees and other costs of patent registration totalled $13,300. Grouper estimates that the useful life of the patent will be 4 years.

3. A trademark was purchased from Shanghai Company for $28,500 on July 1, 2017. The legal costs to successfully defend the trademark totalled $8,160 and were paid on July 1, 2020. Grouper estimates that the trademark's useful life will be 14 years from the acquisition date.

Required - Compute the total amount of expenses resulting from the transactions that would appear on Grouper's income statement for the year ended December 31, 2020.