Accounting
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Author: WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.14EX
To determine
Capital expenditure: It refers to the amount spent on acquiring, maintaining, and improving the fixed assets that increases its productivity or extends useful life. It provides benefits in the future period.
Revenue expenditure: It refers to the amount spent on normal maintenance and repairs of fixed assets to generate revenue in the current period. It provides benefits only in the current period.
To classify: each of the given costs as a capital expenditure or a revenue expenditure.
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Kimbrell Freight Lines Co. incurred the following costs related to trucks and vans used in operating
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Changed the oil and greased the joints of all the trucks and vans.
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Jackie Fox owns and operates Platinum Transport Co. During the past year, Jackie incurred the following costs related to an 18-wheel truck:1. Changed engine oil.2. Installed a television in the sleeping compartment of the truck.3. Installed a wind deflector on top of the cab to increase fuel mileage.4. Modified the factory-installed turbo charger with a special-order kit designed to add 50 more horsepowerto the engine performance.5. Replaced a headlight that had burned out.6. Replaced a shock absorber that had worn out.7. Replaced fog and cab light bulbs.8. ReplacedthehydraulicbrakesystemthathadbeguntofailduringhislatesttripthroughtheRockyMountains.9. Removed the old radio and replaced it with a new communications module.10. Replaced the old radar detector with a newer model that is fastened to the truck with a locking device that prevents its removal.Classify each of the costs as a capital expenditure or a revenue expenditure.
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