Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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ISBN: 9781337788281
Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 2C
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State the preceding expenditures capitalized by the company, explain the manner in which it
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Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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