3. Calculate the amount of interest expense that will appear in the 2021 and 2022 income statements.
3. Calculate the amount of interest expense that will appear in the 2021 and 2022 income statements.
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Transcribed Image Text:On January 1, 2021, the Mason Manufacturing Company began construction of a building to be used as its office headquarters. The
building was completed on September 30, 2022. Expenditures on the project were as follows:
January 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
June 30, 2021
October 1, 2021
January 31, 2022
April 30, 2022
August 31, 2022
$1,000,000
600,000
800,000
600,000
270,000
585,000
900,000
On January 1, 2021, the company obtained a $3 million construction loan with a 10% interest rate. The loan was outstanding all of 2021
and 2022. The company's other interest-bearing debt included two long-term notes of $4,000,000 and $6,000,000 with interest rates
of 6% and 8%, respectively. Both notes were outstanding during all of 2021 and 2022. Interest is paid annually on all debt. The
company's fiscal year-end is December 31.
Required:
1. Calculate the amount of interest that Mason should capitalize in 2021 and 2022 using the specific interest method.
2. What is the total cost of the building?
3. Calculate the amount of interest expense that will appear in the 2021 and 2022 income statements.

Transcribed Image Text:On January 1, 2021, the company obtained a $3 million construction loan with a 10% interest rate. The loan was outstanding all of 2021
and 2022. The company's other interest-bearing debt included two long-term notes of $4,000,000 and $6,000,000 with interest rates
of 6% and 8%, respectively. Both notes were outstanding during all of 2021 and 2022. Interest is paid annually on all debt. The
company's fiscal year-end is December 31.
Required:
1. Calculate the amount of interest that Mason should capitalize in 2021 and 2022 using the specific interest method.
2. What is the total cost of the building?
3. Calculate the amount of interest expense that will appear in the 2021 and 2022 income statements.
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Req 1 and 3
Req 2
Calculate the amount of interest that Mason should capitalize in 2021 and 2022 using the specific interest method and interest
expense that will appear in the 2021 and 2022 income statements. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your
answers in dollars.)
Interest capitalized
Interest expense
$
2021
205,000 $
2022
271,980
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