Intermediate Accounting (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780134730370
Author: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 5SSC
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Whether IFRS require software development costs to be expensed and capitalized or not.
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4. Development costs related to computer software that is to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed should be accounted for in which of the following ways?a. All software development costs should be capitalized until technological feasibility is established.b. All software development costs should be recorded in R&D expense until the product is available for general release to customers.c. All software development costs incurred between the establishment of technological feasibility and general release should be capitalized.d. All software development costs incurred between the establishment of technological feasibility and general release should be recorded as R&D expense.
Software production costs related to computer software that is to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed should be accounted for in which of the following ways:
a. all software production costs should be recorded as R&D expenseb. all software production costs should be capitalizedc. all software production costs should be recorded in R&D expense until technologicalfeasibility is establishedd. all software production costs should be recorded in R&D expense until the product isavailable for general release to customers
Development costs related to computer software that is to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed should be accounted for in which of the following ways?
a. All software development costs should be capitalized until technological feasibility is established.
b. All software development costs incurred between the establishment of technological feasibility and general release should be capitalized.
c. All software development costs should be recorded in R&D expense until the product is available for general release to customers.
d. All software development costs incurred between the establishment of technological feasibility and general release should be recorded as R&D expense.
Chapter 11 Solutions
Intermediate Accounting (2nd Edition)
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