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Flint Corporation purchases a patent from Carla Vista Company on January 1,2025 , for $48,000. The patent has a remaining legal life of 16 years. Flint estimates the patent will have a useful life of 10 years, based on expected product innovations in the market. Assume that at January 1, 2027, the carrying amount of the patent on Flint's books is $38,400. In January, Flint spends $30,400 successfully defending a patent suit. Flint still feels the patent will be useful until the end of 2034. Prepare the journal entries to record the $30,400 expenditure and 2027 amortization. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List all debit entries before credit entries.)
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