Unless an Election Is Made to Expense or Defer and Amortize

question 59

True/False

Unless an election is made to expense or defer and amortize research and experimental expenditures,these costs must be capitalized.

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Definitions:

Credit Sales

Transactions in which goods or services are provided to a customer with an agreement to pay at a later date.

Income Statement

A financial statement that shows a company's revenues and expenses over a specific period, illustrating how the revenues are transformed into net income or loss.

Net Income

The total earnings of a company after all expenses and taxes have been subtracted from total revenue.

Bank Reconciliation

The process of matching the balances in an entity’s accounting records for a cash account to the corresponding information on a bank statement.