Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 9, Problem 20Q
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Research and development costs: It refers to the expenditures spent on research, development, improvement or introduction of new products, processes, a new patent or even a copyright, that a company expects to get benefits.
To explain: the reason for treating the research and development costs as an expense when incurred.
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