
Intermediate Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259722660
Author: J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.4BYP
Judgment Case 10–4
Interest capitalization
• LO10–7
GAAP provides guidelines for the inclusion of interest in the initial cost of a self-constructed asset.
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- 1. What assets qualify for interest capitalization? What assets do not qualify for interest capitalization?
- 2. Over what period should interest be capitalized?
- 3. Explain average accumulated expenditures.
- 4. Explain the two methods that could be used to determine the appropriate interest rate(s) to be used in capitalizing interest.
- 5. Describe the three steps used to determine the amount of interest capitalized during a reporting period.
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