Question 5: Trademarks (16 marks)

In early January 2017, Crawford Corporation applied for and received approval

for a trade name, incurring legal costs of $50,400. In January 2018, Crawford

incurred $22,050 of legal fees in a successful defence of its trade name.

Required: (round all answers to 0 decimal place)

a) Calculate amortization for 2017; carrying amount at December 31, 2017;

amortization for 2018; and carrying amount at December 31, 2018, if the

company amortizes the trade name over its 16-year legal life

b) Calculate amortization for 2017; carrying amount at December 31, 2017;

amortization for 2018; and carrying amount at December 31, 2018, if the

company amortizes the trade name over a useful life of 5 years