Monty company is constructing a building. construction began on february 1 and was completed on december 31. expenditures were $1,908,000 on march 1, $1,308,000 on june 1, and $3,010,600 on december 31. monty company borrowed $1,015,500 on march 1 on a 5-year, 13% note to finance construction of the building. in addition, the company had outstanding all year a 10%, 5-year, $2,195,200 note payable and an 11%, 4-year, $3,604,500 note payable. compute avoidable interest for monty company. use the weighted-average interest rate for interest capitalization purposes.

avoidable interest?

The company can avoid  $ 252,075.03   of interest expense

Explanation:

construction capitalized interest:

We need to do an average of the capitalized cost for the building considering the time outstandings:

mar-01  1,908,000.00  x 10/12 = 1,590,000.00

jun-01  1,308,000.00  x 7/12 =     763,000.00

dic-01  3,010,600.00  

                                        2,353,000.00

Now we calculatethe specifit borrowing interest:

especific borrowings:

$ 1,015,500x   0.11  =  110,012.50

non-specifit borrowings

2,353,000 -1,015,500 =  1,337,500.00  

We solve for average rate:

average rate

principal        rate     interest  

$2,195,2000.1$219520

$3,604,5000.11$396495

$5,799,700  $616015

total interest / total principal = average rate =  0.106214977

capitalized interest:

1,337,500 x  0.106214977 = 142,062.53  

total interest capitalized  

110,012.50    + 142,062.53  =  252,075.03