Question

Corristan Company purchased equipment and incurred these costs: Cash price $24,000 Sales taxes 1,200 Insurance during transit 200 Annual maintenance costs _400 Total costs $25,800 The equipment account should be increased by

$25,400
$25,200
$25,800
$24,000

Answer 1

$25,400.

Step-by-step explanation:

International Accounting Standard 16 states that any Property, Plant, and Equipment should be initially recognized at a cost that includes all the costs that are necessary to bring the asset to its working condition. Example of such costs include:

- Purchase Price.

- Delivery Charges.

- Sales Taxes Paid, if any.

- Deduct Discounts, if any.

- Installation Costs.

- Dismantling Cost.

- Any other Directly Attributable Costs.

The standard further states that any periodic cost should be written-off to Profit or Loss as incurred. Such costs include Maintenance Costs. These are the costs that are not necessary to bring the asset to its intended use.

So in this case, the cost that should be capitalized is $25,400 (24,000 + 1,200 + 200).

Note: The insurance costs of $400 has been capitalized because it was incurred for Transit Purposes and before the asset was prepared for use.