Dessin Company is constructing a building. Construction began on January 1, 2012 and was completed on December 31, 2012. Expenditures were
March 1, 2012
$750,000
June 1, 2012
200,000
September 31, 2012
350,000
October 1, 2012
100,000
December 31, 2012
250,000
Company borrowed $1,300,000 on January 1 on a 7-year, 11% note to help finance construction of the building. In addition, the company had outstanding all year a 12%, 4-year, $2,800,000 note payable and an 10%, 4-year, $3,400,000 note payable.
What are the weighted-average accumulated expenditures?
What is the weighted-average interest rate used for interest capitalization purposes?
What is the avoidable interest for the company?
What is the actual int bzscerest for the company?
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Dessin Company is constructing a building. Construction began on January 1, 2012 and was completed on December 31, 2012. Expenditures were
| March 1, 2012 | $750,000 |
| June 1, 2012 | 200,000 |
| September 31, 2012 | 350,000 |
| October 1, 2012 | 100,000 |
| December 31, 2012 | 250,000 |
Company borrowed $1,300,000 on January 1 on a 7-year, 11% note to help finance construction of the building. In addition, the company had outstanding all year a 12%, 4-year, $2,800,000 note payable and an 10%, 4-year, $3,400,000 note payable.
What are the weighted-average accumulated expenditures?
What is the weighted-average interest rate used for interest capitalization purposes?
What is the avoidable interest for the company?
What is the actual int bzscerest for the company?
Show your computations!
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| On January 1, 2016, the Mason Manufacturing Company began construction of a building to be used as its office headquarters. The building was completed on September 30, 2017. |
| Expenditures on the project were as follows: |
| January 1, 2016 | $ | 1,350,000 | |
| March 1, 2016 | 1,080,000 | ||
| June 30, 2016 | 1,280,000 | ||
| October 1, 2016 | 1,080,000 | ||
| January 31, 2017 | 342,000 | ||
| April 30, 2017 | 675,000 | ||
| August 31, 2017 | 972,000 | ||
| On January 1, 2016, the company obtained a $3,800,000 construction loan with a 15% interest rate. The loan was outstanding all of 2016 and 2017. The companyâs other interest-bearing debt included two long-term notes of $4,000,000 and $6,000,000 with interest rates of 8% and 10%, respectively. Both notes were outstanding during all of 2016 and 2017. Interest is paid annually on all debt. The companyâs fiscal year-end is December 31. |
| Required: |
| 1. | Calculate the amount of interest that Mason should capitalize in 2016 and 2017 using the specific interest method. |
| 2. | What is the total cost of the building? |
| 3. | Calculate the amount of interest expense that will appear in the 2016 and 2017 income statements. |
The Stone Meat Corporation is a mediumâsized agricultural products company headquartered in Ogden, Utah. Its primary products are beef, pork and poultry and include packaged deli meats to half animals sold directly to in-store butcher markets in the retail grocery stores. They also supply their own butcher packs to various retail outlets including grocery stores, big box stores, and restaurants. In addition, they have their own factory store. The firm's products are well recognized within the markets in terms of quality and food safety. During the 2000's and the early 2010's sales and earnings had grown rapidly. Sales in 2002 were approximately $60 million, but had reached $180 million by 2012. Per share earnings and dividends more than kept pace. The relevant figures are contained in Exhibit 1. In order to support the firm's expansion, substantial expenditures on plant and equipment were required during the period indicated. The majority of funds came from retained earnings and the private placement of debentures with insurance companies. In 2004, however, the company was forced to sell additional common stock because it felt that the debt level, which would ensue from trying to borrow the money to keep up its expansion program, would be excessive. In particular, possible adverse effects in its stock price were feared since, at the time, the firm's ratio of debt to total capitalization was already somewhat above the industry average of 30 percent. The firm's balance sheet as of December 31, 2012 is shown in Exhibit 1. Originally, the company's Board of Directors had established a policy of paying out half its annual earnings as dividends. The actual percentage varied from year to year because an attempt was made to stabilize the dividends despite fluctuating profit. By the late 2000's, this policy had been revised to set oneâthird of earnings as the target payâout ratio due to the continuing need for capital. At their last annual meeting, the Directors announced that the 2012 dividend would be 60 cents per share, payable quarterly in 15 cent installments. The company's stock is listed on the AMEX and trades actively. The range of yearly stock prices is included in Exhibit 1. The closing price on June 30, 2012 was $24. Market data indicated that Stone was somewhat less risky than the market as a whole with a beta of .80. Returns on the market were averaging approximately 12% and risk free borrowing was still low following the financial meltdown of 2008. These rates averaged 3.5%. Preferred stock, which had been issued many years ago as a part of a financial deal, was selling at $90 per share. Tax rates had averaged 30% over the last few years. Early in 2012, the treasurer of Stone was reviewing its investment and financing strategies with an eye toward improving both. The question as to an appropriate cutâoff ratio of return on new investments was of special concern. The treasurer was of the opinion that many capital expenditures had been made in the past without proper analysis. He wanted a figure he could justify to the firm's managers as a cost of capital in order to achieve a more accurate capital budgeting procedure throughout the organization. He felt this was an especially timely move in view of an article he had just read in the WSJ and which is reproduced in Exhibit Ill. Stone's own longârange planning group had earlier forecast a trend not unlike that indicated in the Journal. The treasurer was well aware that financing did not come free and that the costs of issuance of preferred stock would cost 8%, bonds would cost 4% and equity 12%. He thought it important to determine how such costs would inflate the costs of any proposed projects the company might pursue in the futures. Thus he wanted to determine what the total cost of a $1,000,000 investment would be after considering any financing costs
Exhibit 1
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Exhibit II
Balance Sheet As of 12/31/2012 (figures in Millions)
Cash 20 Accounts Receivable 10 Inventories 30 Plant and Equipment, net 60 Total Assets 120 Accounts Payable 20 Misc Accruals 10 Preferred Stock (5%) 10 Long term Debt 24 Common Stock (2.5 million shares) 12 Capital Surplus 4 Retained Earnings 40 Total Liabilities and Equity 120 The firm's bonds carried a 6% coupon, a 12/31/2022 maturity and were selling for $960 as of 6/30/2012.
What is the cost of preferred stock?
