Exercise 6.9

Capitalizing versus expensing For each of the following expenditures, indicate the type of account (asset or expense) in which the expenditure should be recorded. Explain your answers.

a. $30,000 annual cost of routine repair and maintenance expenditures for a fleet of delivery vehicles.

b. $12,000,000 cost to develop a coal mine, from which an estimated 1 million tons of coal can be extracted.

c. $248,000 cost to replace the roof on a building.

d. $140,000 cost of a radio and television advertising campaign to introduce a new product line.

e. $8,000 cost of grading and leveling land so that a building can be constructed.