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Please help within an hour! THank you! On January 1, 2018, the Highlands Company

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On January 1, 2018, the Highlands Company began construction on a new manufacturing facility for its own use. The building was completed in 2019. The company borrowed $2,000,000 at 13% on January 1 to help finance the construction. In addition to the construction loan, Highlands had the following debt outstanding throughout 2018 $5,000,000, $3,000,000, 17% 13% bonds long-term note Construction expenditures incurred during 2018 were as follows January 1 March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31 $ 820,000 1,420,000 1,064,000 820,000 620,000 Required Calculate the amount of interest capitalized for 2018 using the specific interest method. (Do not round the intermediate calculations Round your percentage answers to 1 decimal place (ie. 0.123 should be entered as 12.3%.) Date Expenditure Weight Average January 1 March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31 Accumulated expenditure apitalize Interest Average Interest Rate Average accumulated expenditures

Explanation / Answer

    Date

   Expenditure

    weight

Average

Jan-01

8,20,000

*

12/12=1

=

8,20,000

Mar-31

14,20,000

*

9/12=0.75

=

10,65,000

Jun-30

10,64,000

*

6/12=0.5

=

5,32,000

Sep-30

8,20,000

*

3/12=0.25

=

2,05,000

Dec-31

6,20,000

*

0/12=0

=

0

accumulated expenditure

47,44,000

26,22,000

     Average

interest rate

capitalized interest

Average accumulated expenditure

$2,622,000

construction loan

$2,000,000

*

13

%

$260,000

others loans (not constructed)

$622,000

*

15.5

%

$96,410

$356,410

    Capitalised interest = $356,410

Note :                bonds = 5,000,000*17% = 850,000

           Long term note =3,000,000*13% = 390,000

   = (850,000+390,000)/(5,000,000+3,000,000) = 15.5%

    Date

   Expenditure

    weight

Average

Jan-01

8,20,000

*

12/12=1

=

8,20,000

Mar-31

14,20,000

*

9/12=0.75

=

10,65,000

Jun-30

10,64,000

*

6/12=0.5

=

5,32,000

Sep-30

8,20,000

*

3/12=0.25

=

2,05,000

Dec-31

6,20,000

*

0/12=0

=

0

accumulated expenditure

47,44,000

26,22,000

     Average

interest rate

capitalized interest

Average accumulated expenditure

$2,622,000

construction loan

$2,000,000

*

13

%

$260,000

others loans (not constructed)

$622,000

*

15.5

%

$96,410

$356,410