In: Accounting
1.What account is credited when a company receives donated assets? What is the rationale for this choice?
2. In what situations is interest capitalized?
1. )Donation is either recorded as revenue or reduced from cost of assets acquired. IF donated assets is related to business of user then it will be credited to Revenue account and if its not related to business revenue then asset is recorded at nominal value or fair vale of asset received.
Rationale for this choice is fair and true treatment of donated assets in financial accounts so that true picture is shown.
2.) Interest if capitalised when is assets is constructed from the proceeds of borrowed funds. Interest is capitalised from the date of start of construction till its is completed substantially.
Loans taken specifically for such assets is directly capitalised from such assets and in case of general borrowings of organisation is used then weighted average of the amount of borrowing costs on various borrowing is capitalised.
Another situation when interest is capitalised is when there is loss on foreign currency fluctuation on amount of loan taken in foreign currency for the construction of assets.
Amount to interest is capitalised to the extent of foreign currency loss.