Review the following accounting practices and indicate whether you believe that the practice is correct or incorrect.
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Review the following accounting practices and indicate whether you believe that the practice is correct or incorrect. Justify your answer with an accounting concept. principle, or assumption.
a. Citcra Company, a large multinational corporation, expensed the acquisition of a $4,000 computer system.
b. Mason Manufacturing acquired a new metal stamping machine at a cost of $50,000. Mason will depreciate the asset over its 10-year useful life.
c. Gabriel Grocery Stores needed to overhaul one of its stores at a cost of $75,000. The company decided to expense this amount as repairs and maintenance.
d. Dina Design Studios charged the $600 cost of a new laptop for the owner's daughter to office equipment expense.
e. Walsh Water Services issues financial statements on both a quarterly and an annual basis to its shareholders.
Financial StatementsFinancial statements are the standardized formats to present the financial information related to a business or an organization for its users. Financial statements contain the historical information as well as current period’s financial...
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0134730370
2nd edition
Authors: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella