Under U.S. GAAP, firms are required to capitalize:
Any asset with a useful economic life of more than one year.
B. Interest paid on loans to finance construction of a long-lived asset.
C. Research and development costs for a drug that will almost certainly provide a revenue stream of five years or more.
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Which of the following is an analyst least likely to be able to find on or calculate from either a common-size income statement or a common-size balance sheet?
A. Inventory turnover.
B. Operating profit margin.
C. Debt to equity ratio.
Two firms are identical except that the first pays higher interest charges and lower dividends, while the second pays higher dividends and lower interest charges. Both prepare their financial statemen
A. The same Higher
B. Lower Higher
C. Lower The same
Red Company immediately expenses its development costs while Black Company capitalizes its development costs. All else equal, Red Company will:
A. Show smoother reported earnings than Black Company.
B. Report higher operating cash flow than Black Company.
C. Report higher asset turnover than Black Company.
Which one of the following statements is most accurate? Under the liability method of accounting for deferred taxes, a decrease in the tax rate at the beginning of the accounting period will:
A. Increase taxable income in the current period.
B. Increase a deferred tax asset.
C. Reduce a deferred tax liability.