
Capitalized costs: It is an expense which is added to the fixed assets of the company’s financial statements. These costs are written off over the life of the asset as
(a)
To explain: To explain the accounting for capitalized costs changes if the contract is for 1 year rather than 3 years.
Given information: All the information related to R is provided in the question document.
(b)
To determine the uncertainty affects the amount of revenue to be recognized under the contract. R is a start-up company; as a result, there is more than insignificant uncertainty about D’s ability to make the 6-month payments on time.
Given information: All the information related to R is provided in the question document.

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