Revenue and Capital Expenditures Shriver Company built an addition to its chemical plant. Indicate whether each of the following expenditures related to the addition is a revenue expenditure or a capital expenditure: a. Shriver's initial application for a building permit was denied by the city as not conforming to environmental standards. Shriver disagreed with the decision and spent $8,000 in attorney's fees to convince the city to reverse its position and issue the permit.    AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure   b. Due to unanticipated sandy soil conditions, and on the advice of construction engineers, Shriver spent $58,000 to extend the footings for the addition to a greater depth than originally planned.    AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure   c. Shriver spent $3,000 to send each of the addition's subcontractors a side of beef as a thank-you gift for completing the project on schedule.       AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure   d. Shriver invited the mayor to a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the plant addition. It spent $40 to purchase the ribbon and scissors.     AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure   e. Shriver spent $4,100 to have the company logo sandblasted into the concrete above the entrance to the addition.     AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure

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Revenue and Capital Expenditures

Shriver Company built an addition to its chemical plant. Indicate whether each of the following expenditures related to the addition is a revenue expenditure or a capital expenditure:

a. Shriver's initial application for a building permit was denied by the city as not conforming to environmental standards. Shriver disagreed with the decision and spent $8,000 in attorney's fees to convince the city to reverse its position and issue the permit.

   AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure

 


b. Due to unanticipated sandy soil conditions, and on the advice of construction engineers, Shriver spent $58,000 to extend the footings for the addition to a greater depth than originally planned.

   AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure

 


c. Shriver spent $3,000 to send each of the addition's subcontractors a side of beef as a thank-you gift for completing the project on schedule.   

   AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure

 


d. Shriver invited the mayor to a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the plant addition. It spent $40 to purchase the ribbon and scissors. 

   AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure

 


e. Shriver spent $4,100 to have the company logo sandblasted into the concrete above the entrance to the addition. 

   AnswerCapital expenditureRevenue expenditure

 

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