The following costs were incurred to acquire and prepare land for a new parking lot: purchase price for land,cost to clear the land,cost of paving,cost of lighting for the parking lot,and cost of landscaping for the parking lot.How should the company determine which costs should be recorded as land improvements and which costs should be recorded as land?
A) The costs with an unlimited life are debited to land; the costs with a limited useful life are debited to land improvements.
B) The costs with a limited life are debited to land; the costs with an unlimited useful life are debited to land improvements.
C) The costs to be depreciated are debited to land; the costs that will not be depreciated are debited to land improvements.
D) The costs that are depreciable are debited to land improvements; the other costs are expensed immediately because of a lack of definite life.
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