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Tamarisk Industries has the following patents on its December 31, 2024, balance sheet: Patent Item Initial Cost Date Acquired Useful Life at Date Acquired Patent

Tamarisk Industries has the following patents on its December 31, 2024, balance sheet:

Patent Item Initial Cost Date Acquired Useful Life at Date Acquired
Patent A $51,600 3/1/21 20 years
Patent B 21,600 7/1/22 10 years
Patent C 16,800 9/1/23 8 years

The following events occurred during the year ended December 31, 2025

  1. Research and development cost of $341,400 were incurred during the year.
  2. Patent D was purchased on July 1 for $10,080. This patent has a useful life of 12 years.
  3. As a result of reduced demands for certain products protected by Patent B, a possible impairment of Patent Bs value may have occurred at December 31, 2025. The controller for Tamarisk estimates the future cash flows from Patent B will be as follows:

Year Future Cash Flows
2026 $2800
2027 2800
2028 2800

The proper discount rate to be used for these flows is 8% (Assume that the cash flows occur at the end of the year.)

  1. Compute the total carrying amount of Tamarisks patents on its December 31, 2024 balance sheet.

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