Capitalizing versus expensing For each of the following expenditures, indicate the type of account (asset or expense) in which the expenditure should be recorded.

Explain your answers.

a. $400 for repairing damage that resulted from the careless unloading of a new machine.

b. $14,000 cost of designing and registering a trademark

c. $2,800 in legal fees incurred to perform a title search for the acquisition of land.

d. $800 cost of patching a leak in the roof of a building.

e. $180,000 cost of salaries paid to the research and development staff.