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Name: __________________________ Date: _____________

1.

Capitalization of interest.

During 2017, Barden Building Company constructed various assets at a total cost of $14,700,000. The weighted average accumulated expenditures on assets qualifying for capitalization of interest during 2017 were $9,800,000. The company had the following debt outstanding at December 31, 2017:

1.

10%, 5-year note to finance construction of various assets,

dated January 1, 2017, with interest payable annually on January 1

$6,300,000

2.

12%, ten-year bonds issued at par on December 31, 2011, with interest

payable annually on December 31

7,000,000

3.

9%, 3-year note payable, dated January 1, 2016, with interest payable

annually on January 1

3,500,000

Instructions

Compute the amounts of each of the following (show computations).

1.

Avoidable interest.

2.

Total interest to be capitalized during 2017.

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2.

Dividends on preferred stock.

It is assumed that the corporation has $800,000 of 5% preferred stock and $3,200,000 of common stock outstanding, each having a par value of $10. No dividends have been declared for 2016 and 2017.

(a) As of 12/31/18, it is desired to distribute $250,000 in dividends. How much will the preferred stockholders receive if their stock is cumulative?

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2.

Bond issue price and premium amortization.

On January 1, 2018, Piper Co. issued ten-year bonds with a face value of $4,000,000 and a stated interest rate of 10%, payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31. The bonds were sold to yield 12%. Table values are:

Present value of 1 for 10 periods at 10%

.386

Present value of 1 for 10 periods at 12%

.322

Present value of 1 for 20 periods at 5%

.377

Present value of 1 for 20 periods at 6%

.312

Present value of annuity for 10 periods at 10%

6.145

Present value of annuity for 10 periods at 12%

5.650

Present value of annuity for 20 periods at 5%

12.462

Present value of annuity for 20 periods at 6%

11.470

Instructions

(a) Calculate the issue price of the bonds.

(b) Without prejudice to your solution in part (a), assume that the issue price was $3,542,000. Prepare the amortization table for 2018, assuming that amortization is recorded on interest payment dates using the effective-interest method.

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