Ricardo Limited is constructing a Power Plant which was completed on 31 st December 2023. The company obtained a bank loan of R1,000,000 at a rate of per annum to construct the Power Plant on 1st January 2023. As of 31 st December 2023, Ricardo Limited also had the following loans outstanding:

18% 5 year loan Note of R1,500,000

14% Debentures of R1,000,000

Expenditures on the project were made as follows:

1. On the 31st March 2023, R600,000 was incurred;

II. R800,000 was incurred on 30 June 2023 ;

III. The final expenditure incurred was R300,000 on 31st December 2023.

During the year Ricardo Limited invested R400,000 of the bank loan for 2 months at an interest of 9% per annum.

Required: Define Borrowing costs and the accounting standard

When do you capitalise costs and when are they expenses?

Determine the amount of borrowing costs to be capitalized and expensed