Broadsystems designs websites and writes bespoke software. It disclosed in its financial statements $15 million of music and screen production rights which it had acquired via the purchase of another subsidiary. The group policy is to classify this intangible as current assets under inventory. Further, during the current financial period, the group has capitalised its domain names acquisition costs of $1 million within tangible non-current assets, and revalued the asset to $3 million. Evaluate and comment the accounting treatment of Broadsystems.

Broadsystems designs websites and writes bespoke software. It disclosed in its financial statements $15 million of music and screen production rights which it had acquired via the purchase of another subsidiary. The group policy is to classify this intangible as current assets under inventory. Further, during the current financial period, the group has capitalised its domain names acquisition costs of $1 million within tangible non-current assets, and revalued the asset to $3 million. Evaluate and comment the accounting treatment of Broadsystems.

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Chapter11: Long-term Assets

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