ACTG 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Intangible Asset, Macrs
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Accounting 211 – Lecture 7 – Reporting and Analyzing
Long-Term Assets
Plant Assets
• Tangible in nature
• Actively used in operations
• Expected to benefit future periods
• Called property, plant and equipment
Land, Land Improvements, and Buildings
• Land is not a depreciable asset
• Land improvements are
o Parking lots, lighting, parking meters, etc.
• The cost of buildings may include:
o Cost of purchase or construction
o Brokerage fees
o Taxes
o Title fees
o Attorney fees
Machinery and Equipment
• Purchase price
• Taxes
• Transportation charges
• Insurance while in transit
• Installing, assembling, and testing
Lump-Sum Asset Purchase
• The total cost of a combined purchase of land and building is separated on the basis of
their relative market values
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Document Summary
Accounting 211 lecture 7 reporting and analyzing. Plant assets: tangible in nature, actively used in operations, expected to benefit future periods, called property, plant and equipment. Land, land improvements, and buildings: land is not a depreciable asset, land improvements are, parking lots, lighting, parking meters, etc, the cost of buildings may include, cost of purchase or construction, brokerage fees, taxes, title fees, attorney fees. Machinery and equipment: purchase price, taxes, transportation charges. Lump-sum asset purchase: the total cost of a combined purchase of land and building is separated on the basis of their relative market values. On january 1, matrix inc. purchased land and a building for ,000 cash. The appraised values of each were: building = ,500, land = ,500. Depreciation: depreciation is the process of allocating the cost of a plant asset to expense in the accounting periods benefiting from its use, acquisition cost cost allocation expense.