Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Borrowing Cost Investment Property Additional
Borrowing Cost Investment Property Additional
Problem 1:ABC Corporation began construction of its building on January 1, 2021, with estimated cost of
P10 000,000. The construction is expected to end on Dec. 31, 2023. The entity borrowed P10, 000,000,
10% 5-year note dated January 1, 2021, to finance the construction. Both the interest and the principal
are payable on December 31, 2023. The first phase of construction is complete, the idle funds were used
to as investment and earned P100,000 investment income. The construction cost during 2021 is
P2,000,000.
1. How much is the interest expense for 2021? P100,000
2. How much is the capitalizable borrowing cost? P900,000
3. How much is the cost of the building at the end of 2021? P2,900,000
Problem 2: ABC Company began construction of its administration building at an estimated cost of
P2,000,000 on January 1,2021. The building was completed on December 31,2021. The entity had the
following loans during the year
Rate Types Principal
10% General loan 500,000
12% Loans payable 1,500,000
9% Short term loan 1,000,000
The following expenditure were made during 2021
Date Amount
January 1,2021 300,000
April 1,2021 500,000
July 1,2021 600,000
November 1,2021 800,000
The entity investment income from the borrowed fund amounts to P300,000
1. How much is the avoidable borrowing cost?
2. How much is the capitalizable borrowing cost?
3. How much is the interest expense?
4. How much is the value of the building at year end 2021?
Theory
1. Which of the following is false?
a. Interest is generally reported as expense
b. Interest can be capitalized if use to funds a qualifying asset
c. Funding an inventory would make the interest capitalizable
d. Funding a construction would make the interest capitalizable
3. Which of the following is true in using specific borrowing to fund qualifying assets?
Borrowing Cost + Additional Problem for investment property
a. The entity borrowed funds specifically for the purpose of the construction
b. The whole actual borrowing cost is capitalizable
c. If there is income from using the idle funds it must be deducted from the actual borrowing
cost to compute for the capitalizable interest
d. All of the choices