A Company Is Constructing an Asset for Its Own Use

question 52

Multiple Choice

A company is constructing an asset for its own use.Construction began in 2013.The asset is being financed entirely with a specific new borrowing.Construction expenditures were made in 2013 and 2014 at the end of each quarter.The total amount of interest cost capitalized in 2014 should be determined by applying the interest rate on the specific new borrowing to the

• A) total accumulated expenditures for the asset in 2014.
• B) average accumulated expenditures for the asset in 2014.
• C) average expenditures for the asset in 2014.
• D) total expenditures for the asset in 2014.

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