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AICPA Exam CPA-Financial Topic 3 Question 65 Discussion

Actual exam question for AICPA's CPA-Financial exam
Question #: 65
Topic #: 3
[All CPA-Financial Questions]

Tanker Oil Co., a development stage enterprise, incurred the following costs during its first year of operations:

Tanker had no revenue during its first year of operation. What amount may Tanker capitalize as organizational costs?

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Suggested Answer: B

Choice 'B' is correct. The equity method of accounting is applied retroactively when the investor has acquired 20% ownership. Prior to acquiring the ability to influence the investee, the cost method is proper. The retroactive restatement approach does not mean that this change is the correction of an error (which is now treated retroactively), a change in accounting principle (which is now treated retrospectively), or a change in accounting entity (which is now treated retrospectively). It just means that retroactive restatement is the proper treatment.


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Lawrence
2 months ago
Tanker Oil Co. needs to hold a bake sale or something to cover those costs. Maybe they can sell some cookies and use that to capitalize their organizational costs. Just a thought!
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Dana
2 months ago
You know, if I were Tanker Oil Co., I'd be looking for a new accountant. This is a mess! I'll go with B) $95,000 just to spice things up.
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Coletta
1 months ago
Yeah, it's definitely a tough situation for Tanker Oil Co.
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Brinda
1 months ago
I agree, that seems like the most reasonable option.
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Felix
2 months ago
I think Tanker should capitalize $95,000 as organizational costs.
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Devorah
3 months ago
Hold up, I'm a bit confused. Why would they capitalize anything when they had no revenue? I'm leaning towards D) $0.
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Elizabeth
30 days ago
So, the answer would be D) $0.
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Niesha
1 months ago
Yeah, I agree. It doesn't make sense to capitalize costs without any revenue.
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Marsha
1 months ago
So, the answer would be D) $0.
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Audry
2 months ago
I think they can't capitalize anything if they had no revenue.
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Jules
2 months ago
Yeah, I agree. It wouldn't make sense to capitalize anything without revenue.
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Chantell
2 months ago
I think they can't capitalize any costs if they had no revenue.
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Luisa
3 months ago
Wow, that's a lot of expenses! I'm not sure I'd capitalize any of it. Let's go with D) $0.
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Toshia
27 days ago
So, D) $0 would be the correct amount to capitalize in this case.
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Kathryn
1 months ago
Organizational costs are usually capitalized when there is revenue to offset them.
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Candra
1 months ago
I think we should go with D) $0 as well since Tanker had no revenue during its first year of operation.
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Tomas
1 months ago
I agree, it seems like a lot of expenses for a development stage enterprise.
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Pearlene
1 months ago
Exactly, it wouldn't make sense to capitalize any costs without revenue to offset them.
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William
1 months ago
So, D) $0 seems like the correct choice in this scenario.
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Charisse
2 months ago
Organizational costs are typically capitalized when there is revenue to offset them.
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Reena
2 months ago
I agree, since Tanker had no revenue, it makes sense to capitalize $0.
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Jeanice
3 months ago
This is a tricky one. Hmm, I think I'll go with C) $55,000. That seems like the most reasonable amount to capitalize as organizational costs.
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Shalon
2 months ago
I think D) $0 might be the correct answer since Tanker had no revenue during its first year of operation.
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Pansy
2 months ago
I agree with you, C) $55,000 seems like the right amount to capitalize as organizational costs.
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My
3 months ago
But Tanker had no revenue, so they can capitalize all the costs, which is $115,000.
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Buffy
3 months ago
I disagree, I believe the answer is B) $95,000.
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My
3 months ago
I think the answer is A) $115,000.
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