Headland Furniture Company started construction of a combination office and warehouse building for its own use at an estimated cost of $5,040,900 on January 1, 2017. Headland expected to complete the building by December 31, 2017. Headland has the following debt obligations outstanding during the construction period.

Construction loan-12% interest, payable semiannually, issued December 31, 2016 $2,017,900
Short-term loan-10% interest, payable monthly, and principal payable at maturity on May 30, 2018 1,586,200
Long-term loan-11% interest, payable on January 1 of each year. Principal payable on January 1, 2021 995,900
a. Assume that Headland completed the office and warehouse building on December 31, 2017, as planned at a total cost of $5,197,700, and the weighted-average amount of accumulated expenditures was $3,781,600. Compute the avoidable interest on this project. (Use interest rates rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g. 7.58% for computational purposes and round final answers to 0 decimal places, e. g. 5,275.)

Avoidable Interest $

b. Compute the depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2018. Headland elected to depreciate the building on a straight-line basis and determined that the asset has a useful life of 30 years and a salvage value of $298,200. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e. g. 5,275.)

Depreciation Expense $