ACC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Intangible Asset, Financial Instrument, Accounting Software

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ACC100 Week 9
Long-Lived Assets
Difference between supplies and equipment
- supplies are used in a short period of time (less than 1 year)
-equipment is used for many years so it is a long lived asset
Intangible assets
- does not physically exist
- must not be a financial instrument
- grants certain rights to the person who holds them
- ex. copyrights, trademark (nike swoosh), patent, customer list
GOODWILL IS AN INTANGIBLE ASSET
Long-Lived Assets on the Balance sheet
- Tangible assets are grouped ude Popet, Plat ad Euipet, o Fied Asset o
Capital Asset meaning they are part of the value that a business owns
- if a company does not own property or a plant, equipment would go under capital assets
- intangible assets are listed unde Itagiles
How to determine what a long-lived asset costs
- The cost of long-lived assets, both tangible and intangible assets, is made up of all costs
incurred to buy and make the asset ready for use
- costs such as legal fees to transfer ownership of a piece of land from one business to another
business would be included as part of the cost of the land (capitalized), even though it is not
part of the purchase price
- decide if it is NECESSARY for the use of the equipment or is it just nice to have
EXAMPLE
Description
Cost
Delivery
290
Invoice price
3,000
Maintenance supplies
150
New battery
175
One (1) year insurance policy
600
Painting the body black
100
Repairs to lift bars
320
Servicing/testing
275
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Assets
Cash
Supplies
Prepaid Insurance
Equipment
Opening
N/A
Trans. 1
-290
290
Trans. 2
-3,000
3,000
Trans. 3
-150
150
Trans. 4
-175
175
Trans. 5
-600
600
Trans. 6
-100
100
Trans. 7
-320
320
Trans. 8
-275
275
N/A
150
600
4,160
How to determine the cost of long-lived assets which are intangible
- review all the costs incurred and assess whether they were either part of the cost of
purchasing the asset or necessary to make it ready for use
- if yes, record cost into long-lived asset account
-The cost of the business license would not be capitalized because, even in a small business, it
would not be considered material (meaning it is therefore immaterial to the decision-making of
the stakeholders). Instead, the $60 would be expensed (Business License Expense or even
Office Expense) as a cost of doing business
How to decide what is material and what is immaterial
- anything less than 5% of total assets is considered immaterial
- ex. Business license is $60, and the company has $8,395.25 in assets
- 60/8395.25=0.71%
- this is less than 1%, so it is not important
- ex. website design costs are $1,700 and their assets are $8,395.25
- this is 20.2%, so it is considered an intangible asset
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Supplies are used in a short period of time (less than 1 year) Equipment is used for many years so it is a long lived asset. Grants certain rights to the person who holds them. Ex. copyrights, trademark (nike swoosh), patent, customer list. Tangible assets are grouped u(cid:374)de(cid:396) (cid:862)p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)t(cid:455), pla(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d e(cid:395)uip(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863), o(cid:396) (cid:862)fi(cid:454)ed asset(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)capital asset(cid:863) meaning they are part of the value that a business owns. If a company does not own property or a plant, equipment would go under capital assets. How to determine what a long-lived asset costs. The cost of long-lived assets, both tangible and intangible assets, is made up of all costs incurred to buy and make the asset ready for use. Decide if it is necessary for the use of the equipment or is it just nice to have. If yes, record cost into long-lived asset account. How to determine the cost of long-lived assets which are intangible.

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