Reference no: EM132917063
Question - Strawberry Company began working on a research and development project. The project was completed and commercial production of the developed product began in December.
All of the following expenditures were included in the R&D expense account:
Salaries and wages for laboratory research: 1,000,000
Design of preproduction prototype: 200,000
Construction of preproduction prototype: 150,000
Quality control during commercial production: 100,000
Materials and supplies consumed for laboratory research: 400,000
Purchase of equipment which will be used in current and future projects (useful life is 5 years): 600,000
Patent filing and legal fees for completed project: 50,000
Payments to others for research: 300,000
Required - What amount should Marmalade report as research and development expense for the current year?