( d ) Payout ratio of common stock % ( e ) Return on common stock equity %
4 ) Sisco Co . purchased a patent from Thornton Co . for $ 620,000 on July 1 , 2012 . Expenditures of $ 119,000 for successful litigation in defense of the patent were paid on July 1 , 2015 . Sisco estimates that the useful life of the patent will be 20 years from the date of acquisition .
Prepare a computation of the carrying value of the patent at December 31 , 2015 .
5 ) On August 31 , Latty Co . partially refunded $ 401,000 of its outstanding 10 % note payable made one year ago to Dugan State Bank by paying $ 401,000 plus $ 40,100 interest , having obtained the $ 441,100 by using $ 126,240 cash and signing a new one-year $ 346,000 note discounted at 9 % by the bank .
6 ) Make the entry to record the partial refunding . Assume Latty Co . makes reversing entries when appropriate . ( Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered . Do not indent manually .)
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7 ) Prepare the adjusting entry at December 31 , assuming straightline amortization of the discount . ( Credit account titles are