H Ltd. began the construction of a new building on 1 st April 2022. It obtained a special loan of 6,00,000 on 1 st April 2022 at an interest of 12%…

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H Ltd. began the construction of a new building on 1 st April 2022. It obtained a special loan of 6,00,000 on 1 st April 2022 at an interest of 12% to finance the construction of the building. The company's other outstanding two non-specific loans on 1 st April, 2022 were as follows: Amount in ₹ Rate of Interest 30,00,000 14% 54,00,000 16% The expenditure incurred on the building project was as per detail given below: Amount in ₹ 1 st May, 2022 12,00,000 1 st July, 2022 15,00,000 1 st October, 2022 27,00,000 1 st March, 2023 7,20,000 The building was completed by 31 st March 2023. Following the provisions of Accounting Standard 16, you are required to calculate the amount of interest to be capitalized and also give one Journal Entry for capitalizing the cost and borrowing cost in respect of the building.

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Interest amount to be capitalized Particulars ₹ Specific borrowings (₹ 6,00,000 x 12%) 72,000 Non-specific borrowings [₹ 30,35,000 (₹ 36,35,000 - 6,00,000) x 15.29%*] 4,64,052 Amount of interest to be capitalized 5,36,052 Journal Entry for capitalizing cost and borrowing cost Date Particulars Dr. (₹) Cr. (₹) 31.3.2023 Building account Dr. 66,56,052 (Cost of building 61,20,000 + borrowing cost 5,36,052) To Bank account 66,56,052 (Being amount of cost of building and borrowing cost thereon capitalized) Working notes: (i) Computation of average accumulated expenses Particulars ₹ 12,00,000 x 11 / 12 11,00,000 15,00,000 x 9 / 12 11,25,000 27,00,000 x 6 / 12 13,50,000 7,20,000 x 1/12 60,000 36,35,000 (ii) Calculation of average interest rate other than for specific borrowings Amount of loan (₹) Rate of interest Amount of interest (₹) 30,00,000 14% 4,20,000 54,00,000 16% 8,64,000 84,00,000 12,84,000 Weighted average rate of interest (12,84,000 / 84,00,000 × 100) 15.29%* (Rounded off) * In calculating the present value of the of minimum lease payments, the discount rate is the interest rate implicit in the lease.

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