On January 3, 2014, Mercury Company Began Self-Constructing an Asset

question 86

Essay

On January 3, 2014, Mercury Company began self-constructing an asset that qualified for interest capitalization. On January 5, Mercury borrowed $300,000 on an 8% construction loan. In addition, Mercury had $400,000 of 6% notes payable and $600,000 of 9% bonds payable outstanding. By December 31, expenditures (occurring evenly throughout the year) of $900,000 had been made on the asset. Investment of unused funds during the year yielded $1,200 of interest revenue.
Required:
Compute the amount of interest that should be capitalized during 2014.

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