Van Frank Telecommunications has a patent on a cellular transmission process. The company has amortized thepatent on a straight-line basis since 2014, when it was acquired at a cost of $9 million at the beginning of thatyear. Due to rapid technological advances in the industry, management decided that the patent would benefit thecompany over a total of six years rather than the nine-year life being used to amortize its cost. The decision wasmade at the beginning of 2018.Required:Prepare the year-end journal entry for patent amortization in 2018. No amortization was recorded during the year.

On September 30, 2014, Leeds LTD, acquired a potent in conjunction with the purchase of another company. The potent, valued at $6 million, was estimated to have a 10-year life and no residual value. Leeds user the straight-line method of amortization for intangible assets. At the beginning of January 2016, Leeds successfully defended its patent against infringement. Litigation costs totaled $500,000. Requireal: 1. Calculate amortization of the potent for 2014 and 2015. 2. Prepare the journal entry to record the 2016 litigation costs. 3. Calculate amortization for 2016. Repeat requirements 2 and 3 assuming that Leeds prepares its financial statements according to IFRS.

Van Frank Telecommunications has a patent on a cellular transmission process. The company has amortized the $22.50 million cost of the patent on a straight-line basis since it was acquired at the beginning of 2017. Due to rapid technological advances in the industry, management decided that the patent would benefit the company over a total of six years rather than the nine-year life being used to amortize its cost. The decision was made at the end of 2021 (before adjusting and closing entries). What is the appropriate adjusting entry for patent amortization in 2021 to reflect the revised estimate?

In January 2021, Blossom Corporation purchased a patent for a new consumer product for $558900. At the time of purchase, the patent was valid for fifteen years. Due to the competitive nature of the product, however, the patent was estimated to have a useful life of only ten years. In 2026 the product was determined to be obsolete due to a competitor's new product. What amount should Blossom report on the income statement during 2026 related to the patent, assuming straight-line amortization is recorded at the company's December 31 year-end? $35890 O $279450 O $578900 O $179450

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Culver Products Ltd. purchased a patent on January 1, 2020, for $840,000. At the time of the purchase, the patent had a remaining legal life of 15 years. In January, 2023, Culver spent $372,000 successfully defending the patent in court. One of the other results of the court case was the discovery that the patent would only have a remaining useful life of 9 years. Culver's year-end was December 31. Prepare the entries on the books of Culver Ltd. to record (a) the purchase of the patent, (b) amortization for the first year (2020), (c) the defense of the patent, and (d) amortization for 2023. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Round answers to O decimal places, e.g. 5,275. List all debit entries before credit entries.) No. Account Titles and Explanation (a) (b) (c) (d) Debit Credit

During 2024, Nash constructed a small manufacturing facility specifically to manufacture one particular accessory. Nash paid the construction contractor $5,279,000 cash (which was the total contract price) and placed the facility into service on January 1, 2025. Because of technological change, Nash anticipates that the manufacturing facility will be useful for no more than 10 years. The local government where the facility is located required that, at the end of the 10-year period, Nash remediate the facility so that it can be used as a community center. Nash estimates the cost of remediation will be $632,900. Nash uses straight-line depreciation with $0 salvage value for its plant asset and a 12% discount rate for asset retirement obligations. (a) Your answer is correct. Prepare the journal entries to record the January 1, 2025, transactions. Use the Plant Assets account for the tanker depot. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent…

The following table reports (in millions) earnings, dividends, capital expenditures, and R&D for Intel for the period 1990–95:   Capital YearNet IncomeDividendsExpendituresR&D1990$650$0$680$5171991819094861819921,067431,22878019932,295881,93397019942,2881002,4411,11119953,5661333,5501,296What are the dividend payout rates for Intel during these years? Is this payout policy consistent with the factors expected to drive dividend policy, as discussed in the chapter? What factors do you expect would lead Intel’s management to increase its dividend payout? How do you expect the stock market to react to such a decision?   

Truffle Inc. acquired a patent on January 1, 2015 for $7,800,000. It was expected to have a 10 year life and no residual value. Truffle uses straight-line amortization for its patents. On December 31, 2018, the expected future cash flows from the patent are $518,000 per year for the next six years. The present value of these cash flows, discounted at Truffle’s market interest rate, is $2,120,000. What amount, if any, of impairment loss will be reported on Truffle’s 2018 income statement?

Protection Company develops a patent on a new fingerprint security technology. On January 1, 2018, this patent is registered for a cost of $30,000,000 for a period of 10 years. The company does not expect this technology to be obsolete over at least the next 15 years and intends to use it over this period. At the end of 2020, the fair value of the patent is $15,000,000. The discounted value of future cash flows (value-in-use) is $16,000,000. The Company adopts the cost model. 1. What will the cost of patent be? 2. What will the useful life be? Justify your answer. 3. Prepare the entries for 2018, 2019 and 2020. Please show the workings. Dont provide handwritten or image based answers thank you