Reference no: EM132568010
On January 2, 2016, Indian River Groves began construction of a new citrus processing plant. The automated plant was finished and ready for use on September 30, 2017. Expenditures for the construction were as follows:
January 2, 2016 P200,000
September 1, 2016 600,000
December 31, 2016 600,000
March 31, 2017 600,000
September 30, 2017 400,000
Question 1: Indian River Groves borrowed P1,100,000 on a construction loan at 12% interest on January 2, 2016. This loan was outstanding during the construction period. The company also had P4,000,000 in 9% bonds outstanding in 2016 and 2017.
The interest capitalized for 2016 was:
Select one:
a. P60,000
b. P192,000
c. P180,000
d. P48,000