During 2007, Reynosa Inc.'s research and development department developed a new manufacturing process. Research and development costs were $85,000. The process was patented on October 1, 2007. Legal costs to acquire the patent were $11,900. Reynosa decided to expense the patent over a 20-year time period. Reynosa's fiscal year ends on September 30.
On October 1, 2012, Reynosa's competition announced that it had obtained a patent on a new process that would make Reynosa's patent completely worthless.
Required
1. How should Reynosa record the $85,000 and $11,900 costs?
2. How much amortization expense should Reynosa report in each year through the year ended September 30, 2012?
3. What amount of loss should Reynosa report in the year ended September 30, 2013?