Question

In 2018, Starsearch Corporation began work on three research and development projects. One of the projects was completed and commercial production of the developed product began in December. The company's fiscal year-end is December 31. All of the following 2018 expenditures were included in the R&D expense account: $ 460,000 320,000 36,000 Salaries and wages for: Lab research Design and construction of preproduction prototype Quality control during commercial production Materials and supplies consumed for: Lab research Construction of preproduction prototype Purchase of equipment Patent filing and legal fees for completed project Payments to others for research Total 76,000 46,000 760,000 56,000 200,000 $1,954,000 $280,000 of equipment was purchased solely for use in one of the projects. After the project is completed, the equipment will be abandoned. The remaining $480,000 in equipment will be used on future R&D projects. The useful life of equipment is five years. Assume that all of the equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year. Required: Prepare journal entries, reclassifying amounts in R&D expense, to reflect the appropriate treatment of the expenditures. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Answer 1

Transaction	General journal	Debit	Credit
1	Equipment	480000
	Research and development expense		480000
	(To capitalize the cost of equipment to be used on future projects incorrectly charged to R&D expense)
2	Research and development expense (480000/5)	96000
	Accumulated depreciation – equipment		96000
	(To record depreciation on equipment used in R&D projects)
3	Patent	56000
	Research and development expense		56000
	(To capitalize filing and legal fees for patent incorrectly charged to R&D expense)
4	Inventory	36000
	Research and development expense		36000
	(To reclassify the expenditures made for quality control during commercial production)