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Should the following be capitalized or expensed?

$400 for repairing damage that resulted from the careless unloading of a new machine.
$4,000 cost of designing and registering a trademark.
$2800 in legal fees incurred to perform a title search for the acquisition of land.
$800 cost of patching a lead in the roof of a building.
$180,000 cost of salaries paid to the research and development staff.

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