During the year-end audit of Cressman Corporation’s financial statements for 2016, you discover the following items:
| 1. | Cressman capitalized $57,000 to the Patent account at the beginning of 2015 for the cost of a patent. This amount included $50,000 of R&D costs. The patent was amortized over a 20-year life in 2015 and 2016. |
| 2. | At the beginning of 2015, Cressman paid its lawyers $8,000 to successfully defend a patent infringement suit regarding the patent in Item 1. Cressman debited this cost to Legal Fees Expense. |
| 3. | At the beginning of 2016, Cressman purchased a patent for $30,000 from Baylor Company to prevent potential competition. It recorded the cost in the Patent account and amortized this cost over the remaining legal life of the patent obtained in Item 1 (19 years). However, Cressman agreed to a suggestion by the auditors that the life of the original patent obtained in Item 1 was protected for only 7 more years as of the beginning of 2016. |
Required:
| Prepare adjusting and correcting journal entries on December 31 for 2016. |
| General Journal | Debit | Credit |
| Patent | 57000 | |
| Cash | 57000 | |
| Legal Fees | 8000 | |
| Cash | 8000 | |
| Patent | 30000 | |
| Cash | 30000 |
During the year-end audit of Cressman Corporation’s financial statements for 2016, you discover the following items:...
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12.05 e cost of a paleta T in 2018 and 2019 June 30 Pald expenses related to obtaining a patent Dec 11 U U ULOG Purchased an experimental machine from an inventor ased on experimental machine from an inventor. The machine is expecte 31 particular R&D activity for 2 years, after which it will have no residual value Poid salaries of employees involved in R&D. Required: Prepare adjusting journal entries to eliminate the intan tries to eliminate the...
The intangible assets section of Ayayai Corporation’s balance
sheet at December 31, 2022, is presented here.
Patents ($70,000 cost less $6,000 amortization)
$64,000
Copyrights ($36,000 cost less $26,000 amortization)
10,000
Total
$74,000
The patent was acquired in January 2022 and has a useful life of 10
years. The copyright was acquired in January 2016 and also has a
useful life of 10 years. The following cash transactions may have
affected intangible assets during 2023.
Jan.
2
Paid $27,000 legal costs...
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