Question

On January 1, 2021, the Shagri Company began construction on a new manufacturing facility for its own use. The building was completed in 2022. The only interest-bearing debt the company had outstanding during 2021 was long-term bonds with a book value of $11,200,000 and an effective interest rate of 10%. Construction expenditures incurred during 2021 were as follows: January 1 $ 620,000 March 1 672,000 July 31 552,000 September 30 720,000 December 31 420,000 Required: Calculate the amount of interest capitalized for 2021.

Answer 1

Answer: $159,000

Explanation:

First find out the accumulated expenditure.

You do this by adding up the expenditures of the different months. These expenditures will be weighted by the number of months they were incurred for the year:

= (620,000 * 12/12 months) + (672,000 * 10/12) + (552,000 * 5/12) + (720,000 * 3/12) + (420,000 * 0/12)

= $1,590,000

Amount of interest capitalized = Accumulated expenditure * interest rate

= 1,590,000 * 10%

= $159,000