Auditing & Assurance Services with ACL Software Student CD-ROM
Auditing & Assurance Services with ACL Software Student CD-ROM
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Author: Timothy J Louwers, Robert J. Ramsay Professor, David Sinason Associate Professor, Jerry R Strawser, Jay C. Thibodeau Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 1RC
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State the short-term and long–term effect of improper capitalization of expenditure in the financial statement.

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Financial Statements:

Financial statements are records prepared by the company to convey its financial position at the given point of time. It includes the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.

The short-term effect of improper capitalization of expenditure in the current period is to show higher profit than its actual profit for the current period.

In long term, the expense amount is distributed over a life of asset or expense through amortization of expense.

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