If a Company Incurs an Incidental Cost Related to the Purchase

question 3

Multiple Choice

If a company incurs an incidental cost related to the purchase of an asset, would it prefer to expense or capitalize the cost under each of the following accounting objectives? $\begin{array}{ll}&\text { Tax}&\text { Income}\\&\text { Minimization } & \text { Maximization } \\\hline a) &\text { Expense } & \text { Expense } \\b) &\text { Expense } & \text { Capitalize } \\c) &\text { Capitalize } & \text { Expense } \\d) &\text { Capitalize } & \text { Capitalize }\end{array}$

• A)Option A
• B)Option B
• C)Option C
• D)Option D

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