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Dobkin Company decides to expense costs that it would have otherwise capitalized. Compared to capitalizing, expensing these costs will result in:

A) lower asset levels and higher equity levels.

B) lower asset levels and lower equity levels.

C) lower asset levels and lower liability levels.

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Expensing instead of capitalizing results in lower assets. Since the entire expense is recognized in the current period (whereas only a portion of the expenditure is amortized when capitalizing), net income (and therefore equity, via retained earnings) is lower with expensing than with capitalizing. Liabilities are unaffected.

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A firm that capitalizes rather than expensing costs will have:

A) lower cash flows from operations.

B) lower cash flows from investing.

C) lower profitability in the earlier years.

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A firm that capitalizes costs classifies them as an investing cash flow rather than an operating cash flow. Investing cash flows will be lower and cash flow from operations will be higher when costs are capitalized.

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Train, Inc.’s cash flow from operations (CFO) in 2004 was $14 million. Train paid $8 million cash to acquire a franchise at the beginning of 2004 that was expensed in 2004. If Train had elected to amortize the cost of the franchise over eight years, 2004 cash flow from operations (CFO) would have been:

A) $22 million.

B) unchanged.

C) $21 million.

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If Train decided to amortize the franchise cost, it would be capitalized and $1 million each year would be treated as a reduction in cash flow from investing (CFI). None of the cash expended would flow though CFO, and all of the $8 million would be added back to CFO.

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Selected information from Willingham Corp.’s financial statements for the year ended December 31 included the following (in $ millions):

Accounts Payable	12
Long-term Debt	32
Common Stock	10
Retained Earnings	16
Total Liabilities and Equity	70

During the year, Willingham paid $14 million cash to purchase a franchise and fully expensed the franchise cost.  If the company had elected to amortize the franchise cost over 7 years instead of expensing it, Willingham’s total asset-to-equity ratio would be closest to:

A) 3.15.

B) 1.84.

C) 2.16.

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Given that total assets must equal total liabilities and equity, Willingham’s total asset-to-equity ratio was 70 / (10 + 16) = 2.69. If the franchise cost were amortized, retained earnings would be $12 million higher ($14 million cost less 14 / 7 = $2 million of amortization). The total asset-to-equity ratio would decrease to (70 + 12) / (10 + 16 + 12) = 2.16.

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Income statement information for Quick Corp. for the years ended December 31, 20X0 and 20X1 was as follows (in $ millions):

	20X0	20X1
Sales	30,000,000	32,000,000
Cost of Goods Sold	(16,000,000)	(17,000,000)
Gross Profit	14,000,000	15,000,000
Amortization of Franchise	(1,500,000)	(1,500,000)
Other Expenses	(7,000,000)	(7,000,000)
Net Income	5,500,000	6,500,000

Quick acquired a franchise in 20X0 for $15,000,000 and elected to amortize the cost over 10 years. Ignoring taxes, if Quick had expensed the franchise cost in 20X0 instead of amortizing it, net income for 20X0 and 20X1 would be:

20X0

20X1

A) -$8,000,000  $8,000,000

B) -$9,500,000   $8,000,000

C) -$8,000,000  $6,500,000

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If the franchise cost were expensed, amortization would be eliminated and franchise expense would be fully taken in 20X0. 20X0 net income would be $5,500,000 + 1,500,000 - $15,000,000= -$8,000,000, and 20X1 net income would be $6,500,000 + $1,500,000= $8,000,000.

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Under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), development cost of patents and copyrights can be capitalized:

A) when purchased or developed internally but excluding registration costs.

B) when developed internally.

C) when purchased from other entities.

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When patents and copyrights are internally developed, only the legal fees incurred for registration can be capitalized. However, if the patents and copyrights are purchased from other entities, full acquisition cost can be capitalized.

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Under U.S. GAAP, which statement is CORRECT?

A) Goodwill cannot be recognized and capitalized in a purchase transaction.

B) Research and development costs are not expensed.

C) Purchased patent and copyright costs are not expensed.

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Purchased patent and copyright costs are not expensed is correct because these costs are capitalized.

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Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) 86 requires that costs incurred to establish the feasibility of computer software must be:

A) capitalized only after the software is completely developed.

B) expensed once the economic feasibility is established.

C) viewed like Research & Development (R&D) costs and expensed as incurred.

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SFAS 86 requires that all the costs incurred in establishing software feasibility be viewed as R&D costs and expensed as incurred. Once technological feasibility has been established, subsequent costs (for software to be sold or leased to others) can be capitalized as part of product inventory.

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Which of the following is least likely to be a problem with accounting for internally generated intangible assets?

A) Determining the economic life.

B) The potential benefits are spread over a long time period.

C) Costs of developing these assets may not be easily separable.

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The problems with accounting for internally generated intangible assets are: determination of economic life and separation of the cost for development.

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Which of the following statements regarding capitalizing versus expensing costs is least accurate?

A) Capitalization results in higher profitability initially.

B) Cash flow from investing is higher with expensing than with capitalization.

C) Total cash flow is higher with capitalization than expensing.

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Total cash flow is higher with capitalization than expensing is least accurate because total cash flow would be the same under both methods, not considering tax implications.