Indicate whether expenditure is capitalized or expensed


For each of the following items, indicate whether the expenditure should be capitalized (C) or expensed (E) in the period incurred.

(a) Improvement

(b) Replacement of a minor broken part on a machine.

(c) Expenditure that increases the useful life of an existing asset.

(d) Expenditure that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of a productive asset but does not increase its salvage value.

(e) Expenditure that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of a productive asset and increases the asset's salvage value.

(f) Ordinary repairs.

(g) Improvement to a machine that increased its fair market value and its production capacity by 30% without extending the machine's useful life.

(h) Expenditure that increases the quality of the output of the productive asset.

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