A company had $20 million of capitalized development expenditure at cost brought forward at 1 Oct 2007 in respect of products currently in production and a new project began on the same date.
The research stage of the new project lasted until 31Dec2007 and incurred $1.4 million of costs. From that date the project incurred development cost of $800,000 per month. On 1 April 2008 the directors became confident that the project would be successful and yield a profit well in excess of costs. The project was still in development at 30 September 2008. Capitalized development expenditure is amortized at 20% per annum using the straight line method.

What amount will be charged to profit or loss for the year ended 30 September 2008 in respect of research and development costs?