ACC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Capital Asset

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30 Apr 2015
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Chapter 8: capital assets: property, plant and equipment, natural. Acquisition cost amount that includes all of the costs normally necessary to acquire an asset and prepare it for its intended use (original cost) Capitalization of interest interest on constructed assets is added to the asset account. Amount of interest that is capitalized (treated as an asset) is based on the average accumulated expenditures. Land improvements costs that are related to land but have a limited life. Depreciation allocation of the original cost less resided value of a capital asset to the period benefited by its use. An asset"s decline in usefulness is related to physical deterioration factors (e. g. wear and tear) and obsolescence factors. Straight-line method method by which the same dollar amount of depreciation is recorded in each year of asset use. Depreciation = (acquisition cost salvage value)/life (years) More companies choose the straight-line method as generally shows a more favourable impression.

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