Question

Amortization Entries Kleen Company acquired patent rights on January 10 of Year 1 for $2,800,000. The patent has a useful life equal to its legal life of eight years. On January 7 of Year 4, Kleen successfully defended the patent in a lawsuit at a cost of $38,000. a. Determine the patent amortization expense for Year 4 ended December 31. $fill in the blank 459a45f7efd1014_1 b. Journalize the adjusting entry on December 31 of Year 4 to recognize the amortization. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. The patent amortization expense for Year 4 ended December 31 is $357,600.

b. Debit Amortization expense for $357,600; and Credit Accumulated amortization - Patent for $357,600.

Explanation:

Patent acquisition cost = $2,800,000

Number of years to use for amortization patent acquisition cost = Useful life equal = Legal life = 8

Lawsuit at a cost = $38,000

Number of years to amortize the lawsuit cost = Number of years to use for amortization – Numbers of years from January Year 1 to January Year 4 = 8 – 3 = 5

Therefore, we can now have:

a. Determine the patent amortization expense for Year 4 ended December 31.

Patent amortization expense for Year 4 = (Patent acquisition cost / Number of years to use for amortization patent acquisition cost) + (Lawsuit cost / Number of years to amortize the lawsuit cost) = ($2,800,000 / 8) + ($38,000 / 5) = $357,600

Therefore, the patent amortization expense for Year 4 ended December 31 is $357,600.

b. Journalize the adjusting entry on December 31 of Year 4 to recognize the amortization.

The  journal entry will look as follows:

Details                                                       Debit ($)             Credit ($)  

Amortization expense                             357,600

     Accumulated amortization - Patent                               357,600

(To record Patent amortization.)