8.1 For each of the following items, indicate whether the expenditure should be capitalized (“C”) or expensed (“E”) in the period when it was incurred: _______ A betterment _______ Replacement of a minor broken part on a machine _______ An expenditure that increases an existing asset's useful life _______ An expenditure that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of a productive asset but does not increase its residual value _______ An expenditure that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of a productive asset and its residual value _______ An expenditure that increases a productive asset's output quality _______ An overhaul to a machine that increases its fair market value and its production capacity by 30% without extending the machine's useful life _______ Ordinary repairs _______ A major overhaul _______ An expenditure that results in a 10%-per-year production cost saving _______ Costs of a major overhaul that brings the asset's condition back to “new,” with no change in the estimated useful life

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8.1

For each of the following items, indicate whether the expenditure should be capitalized (“C”) or expensed (“E”) in the period when it was incurred:

  1. _______ A betterment
  2. _______ Replacement of a minor broken part on a machine
  3. _______ An expenditure that increases an existing asset's useful life
  4. _______ An expenditure that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of a productive asset but does not increase its residual value
  5. _______ An expenditure that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of a productive asset and its residual value
  6. _______ An expenditure that increases a productive asset's output quality
  7. _______ An overhaul to a machine that increases its fair market value and its production capacity by 30% without extending the machine's useful life
  8. _______ Ordinary repairs
  9. _______ A major overhaul
  10. _______ An expenditure that results in a 10%-per-year production cost saving
  11. _______ Costs of a major overhaul that brings the asset's condition back to “new,” with no change in the estimated useful life

 

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