
Concept introduction:
Marketable Securities are the securities which are liquid in nature and can be easily converted into cash.
Capital Assets are the assets that are generally long term asset i.e. having useful life for more than one year and the capital asset are generally not intended for sale in the normal course of business operations. These are generally properties (movable and immovable), tangible or in tangible, etc.
Requirement 1:
We have to determine the amount of annual
Concept introduction:
Concept introduction:
Marketable Securities are the securities which are liquid in nature and can be easily converted into cash.
Capital Assets are the assets that are generally long term asset i.e. having useful life for more than one year and the capital asset are generally not intended for sale in the normal course of business operations. These are generally properties (movable and immovable), tangible or in tangible, etc.
Requirement 2a:
To explain:
We have to determine the amount that Apple invested in capital asset for year 2017.
Concept introduction:
Marketable Securities are the securities which are liquid in nature and can be easily converted into cash.
Capital Assets are the assets that are generally long term asset i.e. having useful life for more than one year and the capital asset are generally not intended for sale in the normal course of business operations. These are generally properties (movable and immovable), tangible or in tangible, etc.
Requirement 2b:
To explain:
We have to determine whether Apple invested more in capital asset or in marketable securities for year 2017.

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Managerial Accounting (Looseleaf)
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