Question

Granite Enterprises acquired a patent from Southern Research Corporation on January 1, 2021, for $3.4 million. The patent will be used for five years, even though its legal life is 20 years. Rocky Corporation has made a commitment to purchase the patent from Granite for $110,000 at the end of five years. Compute Granite's patent amortization for 2021, assuming the straight-line method is used

Answer 1

Answer:

$658,000

Explanation:

According to the scenario, computation of the given data are as follows:

Granite Enterprises Patent acquired = $3.4 million

Used years = 5 years

Rocky corporation purchase after 5 years = $110,000

So, we can calculate the Granite's patent amortisation by using following formula:

Granite's patent amortisation = ($3,400,000 - $110,000) ÷ 5

= $3,290,000 ÷ 5

= $658,000