To meet the increasing demand for its microprocessors, Intelligent Micro Devices began construction of a new manufacturing
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1. What is the total amount of interest the firm incurred in 2017?
2. Assume that the firm bases the amount of capitalized interest on the average balance in the Construction-in-progress account. How much of the interest in requirement 1 should be capitalized?
3. How much of the amount in requirement 2 will be related to the firm's common stock issue? Why?
4. Where will the amount in requirement 2 appear in the firm's 2017 financial statements?
5. What amount of interest expense will appear in the firm's 2017 income statement?
6. Assume that the facility is completed on December 31, 2017, and that it is placed in service on January 1, 2018. How, if at all, will the amount in requirement 2 affect the future income of the firm?
7. Calculate the firm's interest coverage ratio (income before interest and taxes divided by interest expense) with and without the interest capitalization. Which coverage ratio would be more useful to a creditor in the evaluation of the firm's risk of insolvency?
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Financial Reporting and Analysis
ISBN: 978-1259722653
7th edition
Authors: Lawrence Revsine, Daniel Collins, Bruce Johnson, Fred Mittelstaedt, Leonard Soffer
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