Maria is the manager of a facility that makes small appliances. The factory’s management has decided to rearrange and reinstall all of the facility’s manufacturing equipment in order to promote a faster, more efficient workflow. Maria knows the total cost for the rearrangement and reinstallation, but that is all the information she currently has available.
A) Given this situation, which of the following statements is accurate?
O Maria should capitalize the rearrangement and reinstallation cost as an asset to be amortized over future periods expected to benefit, but only if this cost is material in amount.
O Maria should capitalize the rearrangement and reinstallation cost as an asset to be amortized over future periods expected to benefit, but only if this cost is immaterial in amount.
O Maria should immediately expense the rearrangement and reinstallation cost, but only if she is able to determine the machinery's original installation cost.
O Maria should immediately expense the rearrangement and reinstallation cost, but only if she is able to determine both the machinery's original installation cost and its accumulated depreciation to date