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Expenses incurred to establish or incorporate a Company a. are capitalized and amortized over five years. b. are expensed in the year incurred.

Please give your answer with reference from any accounting books or IFRS. Thanks

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Date Posted: 2014/02/23
DIN BANDHU SINGH
by DIN BANDHU SINGH , Chief Accountant , ELITE TRADING ALLIANCE CO (El Seif Group of Companies)

Its depend on nature of expenses. Regular expenses should be booked during the year and capital expenses should be capitalized.

Mohammed Salim Allana
by Mohammed Salim Allana , Compliance and Assurance Manager , United Arab Bank

Each expense need to be categorised and identify based on its life cycle and booked accordingly.

such as license or registration fees is annual need to be charged to P&L every month/12. similar all general expenses will straight go to P&L cost account in the same year. Fixed assets as per category of asset and depreciation policy of the company. 

 

GAMAL ABD UL RAZIK
by GAMAL ABD UL RAZIK , محاسب بشركةضياء المشارق للمقاولات , جدة

Fixed assets as per category of asset and depreciation policy of the companysuch as license or registration fees is annual need to be charged to P&L every month/12. similar all general expenses will straight go to P&L cost account in the same year

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