Answer: $40,000
Explanation:
Interest that is accrued as a result of a building should be capitialized to the cost of that building. The amount of interest payment that is due to the building will simply be the interest payment that the company would have avoided incurring had it not undertaken the construction of the building.
This amount is represented by the interest computed on the weighted-average amount of accumulated expenditures which in this case is $40,000 so that is the amount that should be capitalized by Cole Co.
