Under GAAP, the Usual Rule for Accounting for Research and Development

question 33

Multiple Choice

Under GAAP, the usual rule for accounting for research and development expenditures is to

• A) Record such expenditures as increases in the research and development asset, which is never amortized
• B) Record such expenditures as increases in the research and development asset, which is amortized over five years
• C) Record such expenditures as increases in the research and development asset, which is amortized over the expected useful life of the results of the research
• D) Expense such expenditures as they are incurred

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