In: Accounting
On January 1, 2018, Dreamworld Co. began construction of a new
warehouse. The building was finished and ready for use on September
30, 2019. Expenditures on the project were as follows:
| 
 January 1, 2018  | 
 $  | 
 307,000  | 
|
| 
 September 1, 2018  | 
 $  | 
 459,000  | 
|
| 
 December 31, 2018  | 
 $  | 
 459,000  | 
|
| 
 March 31, 2019  | 
 $  | 
 459,000  | 
|
| 
 September 30, 2019  | 
 $  | 
 307,000  | 
|
Dreamworld had $5,300,000 in 13% bonds outstanding through both
years.
The average accumulated expenditures for 2019 by the end of the
construction period was:
| 01/01/2018 | 307,000.00 | 12/12 | 307,000.00 | 
| 01/09/2018 | 459,000.00 | 4/12 | 153,000.00 | 
| 31/12/2018 | 459,000.00 | 0/12 | - | 
| 1,225,000.00 | 460,000.00 | 
460,000 x 13% = 59,800
| 01/01/2019 | 1,284,800.00 | 9/9 | 1,284,800.00 | 
| 31/03/2019 | 459,000.00 | 6/9 | 306,000.00 | 
| 30/09/2019 | 307,000.00 | 0/9 | - | 
| 2,050,800.00 | 1,590,800.00 | 
The Correct Answer is 1,590,800