How do you account for a project under construction?
I will assume that the project under construction is a major rebuilding of equipment or an addition to a building. The amounts spent on these projects would be debited to a long term asset account such as Construction Work in Progress. This account is often reported as the last line within the balance sheet classification Property, Plant and Equipment.
There will be no depreciation until the project is completed and the asset is placed into service. When the completed asset is placed into service, the project’s cost will be removed from the account Construction Work in Progress and will be debited to the appropriate plant asset account.
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My question is ” Is a goowill is tangiable asset or factious asset? and what is the difference between tangiable asset and factious asset, and where we placed it in balance sheet. Waiting your reply.
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How and when good will is calculated?.
How it is amortized over the period.?
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is wip recorded as both an asset and a liability.
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For Plant and Machinery under construction,
how do we capitalised the costs?
if a newly set up company has not started the operation and all the expenses incurred is relates to the construction can we capitalised all the costs into fixed assets. (for example stationery, accounting fees, admin fees) can we capitalised?