
Concept explainers
1.
Research and development costs:
Research and development costs refers to the expenditures spent on research, development, improvement or introduction of new products, processes, a new patent or even a copyright, that a company expects to get benefits.
To Explain: The manner in which the equipment purchased for the Product T should be reported in Incorporation C’s income statements, and statements of financial position.
2. a.
To describe: The matching concept.
2 b.
To Describe: The accounting treatment of research and development costs, and justify it.
3.
To Describe: The manner in which the corporate headquarters’ costs allocated to the research division should be classified in Corporation C’s income statements and its reason.
4.
To Describe: The way in which the legal expenses incurred in defending Product T’s patent should be reported in the financial statements of Corporation C.

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