Research and Development Costs

In 2016, Lalli Corporation incurred R&D costs as follows:

Materials used from inventory	$100,000
Personnel in R&D lab	100,000
Allocation of the cost of utilities and maintenance costs of the R&D facility	50,000
	$250,000

These costs relate to a product that will be marketed in 2017. The company estimates that these costs will be recouped by December 31, 2017.

Required:

1. What is the amount of R&D costs expensed in 2016?

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2. In 2016, Lalli Corporation incurred R&D costs related to a product that will be marketed in 2017. The company estimates that these costs will be recouped by December 31, 2017. Included in these costs is $100,000 of material that has alternative future uses but was not used by the end of 2016. At the end of 2016 the cost for the material should be: ?-------------------------