In: Accounting
During 2020, Susan Building Company constructed various assets
at a total cost of $12,600,000. The weighted average accumulated
expenditures on assets qualifying for capitalization of interest
during 2020 were $8,138,000. The company had the following debt
outstanding at December 31, 2020:
1. | 10%, 5-year note to finance construction of various assets, dated January 1, 2020, with interest payable annually on January 1 | $5,452,000 | ||
2. | 12%, ten-year bonds issued at par on December 31, 2014, with interest payable annually on December 31 | 5,946,000 | ||
3. | 9%, 3-year note payable, dated January 1, 2019, with interest payable annually on January 1 | 2,973,000 |
Compute the amounts of each of the following.
1. | Avoidable interest | $ | |
2. | Total interest to be capitalized during 2020 | $ |