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- December 2, 2014 at 3:46 pm #216079
I am referring to specimen question 4.
No idea what to do in this question. Any help?
December 2, 2014 at 3:59 pm #216085January and February @ $40,000 are pure research costs and should be expensed.
$40,000 per month from March through June = $160,000 deferred development costs
Production started in July so amortisation should also start in July
A full year’s amortisation of $160,000 over 5 years is $32,000
But our period is only 3 months (July, August and September) so 1/4 * $32,000 = $8,000
Add to that the two months of January and February @ $40,000 per month and the answer is therefore $88,000
OK?
December 2, 2014 at 4:08 pm #216091That makes sense for me now:)
Thank you very much for your help!
December 2, 2014 at 4:34 pm #216103You’re welcome
December 2, 2014 at 9:19 pm #216504Thanks, Mike. You’ve explained this really clearly. I was really struggling to get my head round this thing …
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