Research and Development Costs
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Why are research and development costs expensed? Is this consistent with how other similar costs are handled? Why or why not? Should research and development costs be expensed? Why or why not?
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Explains why research and development costs are expensed and why it is/is not consistent with how other similar costs are handled. Also gives opinion on whether research and development costs be expensed.
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Research and development costs are expensed because products of research are considered too indeterminate and the revenue generating possibilities considered too difficult to measure to allow the expenses to be deferred until revenue relating to the research and development is incurred. This is not consistent with how similar costs are handled. ...
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