Question

Recently, a group of university students decided to incorporate for the purposes of selling a process to recycle the waste product from manufacturing cheese. Some of the initial costs involved were legal fees and office expenses incurred in starting the business, state incorporation fees, and stamp taxes. One student wishes to charge these costs against revenue in the current period. Another wishes to defer these costs and amortize them in the future. Which student is correct

Answer 1

The student wishing to defer these costs and amortize them in the future.

Step-by-step explanation:

Indeed, according to standard regulatory requirements, all the initial costs associated with incorporating a business cannot be deducted all at once in the first year of operation.

However, these costs are spread over a long period of time. And one way to do this is to amortize them in the future. Therefore, the second student deferring cost is correct.