On January 1, 2016, the Marjlee Company began construction of an office building to be used as its corp0-rate headquarters. The building was completed early in 2017. Construction expenditures for 2016, which wereincurred evenly throughout the year, totaled $6,000,000. Marjlee had the following debt obligations which wereoutstanding during all of 2016:Construction loan, 10%Long-term note, 9%Long-term note, 6%$1,500,0002,000,0004,000,000Required:Calculate the amount of interest capitalized in 2016 for the building using the specific interest method.

Interest Capitalization:Interest capitalization refers to the interest amount that is added to the…

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