The intangible assets section of Sappelt Company at December

The intangible assets section of Sappelt Company at December 31, 2017, is presented below. Patents ($72,000 cost less $7,200 amortization) Franchises ($55,000 cost less $22,000 amortization) $64,800 33,000 $97,800 Total The patent was acquired in January 2017 and has a useful life of 10 years. The franchise was acquired in January 2014 and also has a useful life of 10 years. The following cash transactions may have affected intangible assets during 2018. Jan. 2 Jan.-June Paid $27,000 legal costs to successfully defend the patent against infringement by another company. Developed a new product, incurring $143,000 in research and development costs. A patent was granted for the product on July 1. Its useful life is equal to its legal life. Sept. 1 Paid $51,000 to an extremely large defensive lineman to appear in commercials advertising the company\'s products. The commercials will air in September and October Oct. 1 Acquired a franchise for $122,000. The franchise has a useful life of 50 years Prepare journal entries to record the transactions above. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. If no entry is required, select \"No Entry\" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts DateAccount Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Prepare journal entries to record the 2018 amortization expense. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. If no entry is required, select \"No Entry\" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit

Solution

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Recording Transactions:

Amortization Calculation

Amortization Entries

Balance Sheet Extract :

Amount Less 2018 Amortization expense= closing balance of intangibles.

Date	Account Title	Debit	Credit
Jan-02	Patents	27000
	Cash		27000
The cost incurred to defend patent is capitalized
Jul-01	No entry	0
	No entry		0
Do not capitalize R&D costs incurred, as this cost was incurred at the point where no benefits were expected
Sep-01	Advertising Expense	51000
	Cash		51000
Advertising Expense is not to be capitalized as it won\'t benefit the company for long-term as the advertisement is going to be streamed in September and October only.
Oct-01	Franchise	122000
	Cash		122000
The cost incurred to buy franchise right is capitalized