RE: VRS16 Feb 2023 21:05
TC - dead simple, so tangible asset, truck, machine building etc once a year gets looked at and assessed as to to it's resale value, NPV of product it will produce, life before it needs to be replaced etc & an annual charge appropriate to the most relevant gets charged to the P&L each year. Generally along lines of building 50 years, vehicles 4 or 5 years etc. So all quite visible you buy something and you can see what it does over a period of time and the cost of buying is spread over same time period. Same principle with intangibles but slightly different in that if you buy say IP from a company and what you pay is more than the share capital and reserves then there has to be something to balance, hence goodwill. But the beauty of intangibles is you can also spend money today cos it's not going to generate revenues for many a year if its something new. Much harder for auditors to value until its too late cos we all love a good story. So what hones is them wages and machine costs which normally go to the P&L in a year or are spread over say 3-5 go up onto the BS as an intangible. Hey presto your P&L looks better, what would normally be charged over a few years now gets charged over perhaps 20 years cos its magical fairy dust. Advice suggested always look very carefully at intangibles. Avoid with barge pole here is my suggestion till funding is resolved and even then tread with caution