McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 2019 Edition
McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 2019 Edition
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ISBN: 9781259918391
Author: Professor, Brian C. Spilker
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Explain why certain long-lived assets are capitalized and recovered over time rather than immediately expensed.

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Explain the reason why long-lived assets are capitalized and recovered later but it is expensed immediately.

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Assets which are having the expected life of more than one year is capitalized and recovered by depreciation, amortization, or depletion and it depends upon the type of an asset. This policy is made to match the revenues and expenses for these assets because most of the assets have a useful life of more than one year.

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