chapter 9 Flashcards
property, plant and equipment will have 3 of the following characteristics
Tangible long-lived assets that a company controls
Assets used to produce goods or services for customers or to earn other types of income or for other business purposes
Assets are not intended to be sold to customers
ppe will typically be recorded at cost, which includes
- Purchase price, including non-refundable taxes and duties, less discounts or rebates
- Expenditures necessary to bring asset to its intended location and make it ready for its intended use
- Estimated cost of future expenditures to dismantle, remove, or restore the asset at the end of its useful life
the cost of land should include which of the following?
Purchase price
Closing costs: survey, title search and legal fees
Costs to prepare land: clearing, draining, excavating, grading (make land level)
Costs to demolish and remove unwanted buildings (less any proceeds from salvaged materials)
SHOULD NOT BE DE[RECIATED
when do land improvements occur?
. they are structural additions. after land has been acquired and can be distinguished from the land itself, such as driveways, sidewalks, fences, lighting, sprinklers and parking lots. Costs to get land ready for use would not be included here.
when a building is purchased, what would the costs include?
include the purchase price, closing costs (legal fees) and costs required to make building ready for its intended use
when a building is constructed, its costs consist of what?
Contract price
Architect’s fees
Building permits
Excavation cost
how is equipment separated
will typically be separated into several categories of similar assets
the cost of equipment includes
Purchase price
Costs to get the equipment ready for use: freight/shipping costs, sales taxes not reimbursed, insurance during transit
Assembly, installation and testing costs
after a company has acquired an asset and put it into use, ongoing expenses will be expensed as what?
operating expenses
what are operating expenses?
will generally only benefit the current period and are required to maintain the asset in its normal operating condition. Examples would include replacing tires or painting a building.
what are capital expenditures?
are those that will benefit more than one period and will either increase the life of an asset or its productivity/efficiency. These would normally be infrequent and larger expenditures. For example, the cost to replace the roof of a building.
instead of purchasing long term assets, companies have the option to do what?
lease
what are advantages of leasing?
Little or no down payment
Reduced risk of obsolescence
Cash payments are delayed over time instead of upfront
Income tax advantages as lease payments are deductible
when entering a lease, who is the lessor and the lesse
the lessor will be the owner of the asset for lease and the lessee is the party leasing the asset from the owner.
what does the IRSF say about leases?
a Lease is considered an asset purchase financed with a loan provided by the lessor
the lessee is required to report wha?
leased asset called right of use asset and the related liability as a lease liability.
when are leases be treated as operating expenses?
Lease terms of less than 12 months
Leases for low-value assets (ex. computers)
aspe polices cover which type of leases?
capital leases and operating leases
what are capital leases ?
Treated similarly to IFRS leases, this occurs when substantially all benefits and risks of ownership are transferred from lessor to lessee
Lessee required to record leased asset and related liability at present value of minimum lease payments
what is an operating lease?
benefits and risks of ownership not transferred to lessee
Lease (rental) payments recorded as expense by lessee and as revenue by lessor
what is depreciation?
is the allocation of the cost of PPE of over the asset’s useful life.
how di you record depreciation?
Dr. Depreciation (or amortization) expense / Cr. Accumulated depreciation
what are the three factors that affect the depreciation calculation?
cost, useful life, residual value
what is the depreciable amount
cost of asset- residual
what is an assets useful life?
the time an asset is expected to be used for or the number of units an asset is expected to provide
what is the residual value?
the estimated amount to be received from the disposal at the end of an asset’s useful life