when units of inventory are sold
It is an asset.
Product costs are recognised as expenses when those products are sold to third party or end user until that cost remains as an asset in business.
amortization
depreciation
No, telephone expense is an administration expense and administration expenses are not included in product cost so not a variable cost in the sence of product cost.
It is an asset.
Product costs are recognised as expenses when those products are sold to third party or end user until that cost remains as an asset in business.
amortization
Option B is correct one and that is the portion of the asset;s cost that has not yet been charged to expense.
depreciation
No, telephone expense is an administration expense and administration expenses are not included in product cost so not a variable cost in the sence of product cost.
In accounting the "installation" if you are referring to the cost of having something installed is an expense and is recorded as such, that is an operating expense and is recorded as such. Since it is an expense it is not an actual asset, so can not be depreciated.
Depreciation
If a custom paint scheme was applied when the asset was new (such as a company vehicle), you would add that painting cost to the capitalized cost of the asset. If the painting was done because the assets had been in use and needed freshening up, it would be considered maintenance expense.
It's not really either. Cost if goods sold is an expense on the profit and loss.
Depreciation expense is the process of reducing the cost of fixed asset during the fiscal life of a long term asset through annual fixed amount of expense charged to profit and loss account of business in which that long term asset is utilized in business to generate revenue.
Yes, depreciation account is used to allocate the cost of asset over the life of asset to income statement of the fiscal year where asset utilized to earn revenue.