Major Industries Inc. started construction of a manufacturing facility for its own use at an
estimated cost of $ on January Major expected to complete the building by
December Major's debt, all of which was outstanding during the construction
period, was as follows.
i Construction loan, interest, payable semiannually, issued December ;
$
ii Longterm loan # interest, payable on January of each year. Principal payable
on January ;$
iii. Longterm loan # interest, payable on December of each year. Principal
payable on December ;$
Instructions
a Compute the weighted average interest rate of the general longterm loans.
b Assume that Major completed the facility on December at a total cost of
$excluding interest and the average carrying amount of expenditures was
$ Compute the interest to be capitalized on this project.
c Compute the depreciation expense for the year ended December Major
estimated the facility's useful life to be years with a salvage value of $
Major elected to depreciate the facility on a straightline basis.
a
Weightedaverage interest rate Principle Interest
Total
Total
Weightedaverage interest rate
Computation is shown here
b
Original cost
Interest capitalized
Total cost