Amortization of Intangible Assets:
Intangible assets are those assets which do not exist in the physical form. However, these are assets as these provide the benefits to the business. Such type of assets is Patent which gives the exclusive right to use the invention for a limited period of life. The patents have a legal life but it may not be possible to use such asset for such period of legal life due to market competency. Thus its useful life might be quite lesser than the legal life of such asset. Therefore, such intangible assets are writing from the books within the period (which is legal life or useful life whichever less is). Such write off intangible assets is referred as Amortization of Intangible assets.
Requirement1:
TheJournal entry for purchase of patent.
Requirement2:
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