During Its First Year of Operation, Dovery Company Incurred $355,000

question 3

Multiple Choice

During its first year of operation, Dovery Company incurred $355,000 of research costs undertaken with the prospect of gaining new technical understanding about a new nanotechnology procedure. An additional $495,000 was incurred to develop a production process to use that new technology to produce a new lubricant product. Under U.S. GAAP, which of the following is the appropriate accounting for these costs?

• A) expense $850,000
• B) expense $355,000 and capitalize $495,000 as an intangible asset
• C) expense $495,000 and capitalize $355,000 as an intangible asset
• D) capitalize $850,000 as an intangible asset

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Definitions:

Revaluation Model

An accounting method that allows for the upward adjustment in the carrying value of a fixed asset to reflect its current market value.

AASB 6 Scope

Refers to the coverage or applicability boundaries of the AASB (Australian Accounting Standards Board) 6, which deals with the exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources.

Exploration Expenditures

Costs incurred in the search for mineral resources, including the cost of drilling, sampling, and preliminary surveying, before the development stage of mining operations.

Full Cost Method

The full cost method is an accounting practice used in the oil and gas industry to capitalize all costs associated with finding and developing oil and gas reserves, regardless of the outcome of those efforts.