
ACG 2021 Chapter 7 Summary
Allocating Costs • All Costs Associated with Purchase of Asset • Costs needed to use Asset for Intended Purpose
What happens when you use up an Asset? • Assets: • Economic Resources that provide a future Benefit • Benefit provided by Long-Term Assets • Revenue • Matching Principle • Record any costs associated with Revenue Earned in the Period • Consumption of Assets are a Cost, so we must Expense
Accounting Transaction • Deprecation Expense xxxx • Accumulated Depreciation xxxxxx • Accumulated Depreciation is a • Contra Asset • Asset – Accumulated Depreciation = • Book Value of the Asset
Capital Expenditure vs. Immediate Expense • Capital Expenditure • Add Cost to existing Asset and depreciate • Rules: • Capital Expenditures • Increase the capacity of the asset • It can do more • Drive more, make more copies, produce more widgets • Increase the useful life of the asset • It will last longer • Immediate Expense • Maintenance costs or Restoration costs