Yes, a patent is a legal document describing claims to an invention, making it intangible rather than a physical object having any inherent value.
tangible assets is what can be seen while intangible asset is what cannot be seen or felt. The factory is an examle of intangible assets while patent is an example of intangible assets -- By Kailash Gaikwad
Fixed deposit is under fixed assets. Under fixed assets, there are 3 category that is tangible fixed assets (land, machinery, dll), intagible fixed assets (pattern, franchise, dll) and investment (fixed deposite,dll).
goodwill
trade mark ,brand name ,patent ,,,,any service
patents are intangible assets as these have not physical existence. patent is a right to use something which is not physical that's why it is an intangible asset.
No: "Goods" in business must be tangible materials, and the value of a patent is the right to exclude others from practicing the claims of the patent. This right is not in itself tangible, but it may be converted to a tangible asset by licensing the patent or suing anyone who violates it.
Amortization is not entered separately but just shown as a deduction from the respective asset(patent) in balance sheet. However it is shown separately in P&L A/c. Its treatment is similar to that of depreciation.
Asset control process is the process that starts from purchase of visible goods and or the right to use intangible assets such as good will, patent etc. And end up when it is discard.
To record an intangible asset in a journal entry, you typically debit the intangible asset account for the purchase price or cost incurred to acquire it. If applicable, you also debit any related costs, such as legal fees or registration costs. The corresponding credit would usually be made to cash or accounts payable, depending on how the asset was financed. For example, if a company purchases a patent for $10,000, the journal entry would be: Debit Patent $10,000 and Credit Cash $10,000.
Taxes are never an asset (unless you are the government), you have to pay taxes which is an expense and or liability depending on when you pay them. An intangible asset is something you can't see or touch, like a patent on something you invent
since goodwill is an intagible assets verification of charges on it does not arise
Goodwill. Everything else is tangible.