Rover Corporation incurred the following costs in 2022: Acquisition of R&D equipment with a useful life of 4 years in R&D projects Start-up costs incurred when opening a new plant Advertising expense to introduce a new product Engineering costs incurred to advance a product to full 400,000 production stage (economic viability not achieved) What amount should Rover record as research & development expense in 2022? P 640,000 P 900,000 P1,040,000 P 525,000 P500,000 140,000 700,000

Virtual Co. incurred research and development costs in 2023 as follows: Materials used in research and development projects $    450,000 Equipment acquired that will have alternate future uses in future research and development projects 3,000,000 Depreciation for 2023 on above equipment 300,000 Personnel costs of persons involved in research and development projects 750,000 Consulting fees paid to outsiders for research and development projects 300,000 Indirect costs reasonably allocable to research and development projects 225,000 Total $5,025,000 Assume economic viability has not been achieved. What amount of research and development costs should be charged to Virtual’s 2023 income statement

Rhone-Metro Industries manufactures equipment that is sold or leased. On December 31, 2024, Rhone-Metro leased equipment to Western Soya Company for a four-year period ending December 31, 2028, at which time possession of the leased asset will revert back to Rhone-Metro. ● ● The equipment cost $550,000 to manufacture and has an expected useful life of six years. Its normal sales price is $607,484. The expected residual value of $25,000 on December 31, 2028, is not guaranteed. Equal payments under the lease are $163,000 (including $3,000 maintenance costs) and are due on December 31 of each year. The first payment was made on December 31, 2024. Western Soya's incremental borrowing rate is 8%. Western Soya knows the interest rate implicit in the lease payments is 6%. Both companies use straight-line depreciation or amortization. Note: Use tables, Excel, or a financial calculator. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) ● Required: 1. Show how Rhone-Metro…

Collins Corporation purchased office equipment at the beginning of 2022 and capitalized a cost of $1,938,000. This cost figure included the following expenditures: Purchase price Freight charges Installation charges Annual maintenance charge Total $ 1,790,000 24,000 14,000 110,000 $ 1,938,000 The company estimated an eight-year useful life for the equipment. No residual value is anticipated. The double-declining-balance method was used to determine depreciation expense for 2022 and 2023. In 2024, after the 2023 financial statements were issued, the company decided to switch to the straight-line depreciation method for this equipment. At that time, the company's controller discovered that the original cost of the equipment incorrectly included one year of annual maintenance charges for the equipment. Required: 1. Ignoring income taxes, prepare the appropriate correcting entry for the equipment capitalization error discovered in 2024. 2. Ignoring income taxes, prepare any 2024 journal…