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10. Avoidable interest is the amount of interest cost that a company could theoretically avoid if it had not made expenditures for the asset. 11. When a company purchases land with the intention of developing it for a particular use, interest costs associated with those expenditures qualify for interest capitalization. 12. Assets purchased on long-term credit contracts should be recorded at the present value of the consideration exchanged. 13. Companies account for the exchange of nonmonetary assets on the basis of the fair value of the asset given up or the fair value of the asset received.