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? asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 7 years ago

Accounting Entry for Logo and stationery design ? It will be capitalized or not ? If yes also give reference.?

Dear all,

I have serched on the net but i could not find anything. Please help me to these accounting enteries for the following. What will be the accounting entry for:

a) Logo Design for new company.

b) Stationery Design for new company eg. Letter head, Vouchers, Invoices, etc.

c) Printing of stationery for new company ist. time.

c) New logo design for existing company (Company has changed its old logo).

d) Stationery design for existing company with new logo eg. designing of letterheads, envelopes, vouchers etc. with new logo.

e) Printing of this existing company stationery with new logo ist. time.

I will highly appreciate for your help.

Thanks & best withes.

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  • 7 years ago

    Trademarks are logos, symbols and designs registered with the federal government and used by a business to identify its brands or the entity itself. Trademarks are assets that are included on a small business' balance sheet as "intangible assets," since they lack material substance like machinery and equipment that occupy physical space. The cost of a trademark is "capitalized" -- or recorded -- as an asset on a company's books with the use of a standard journal entry.

    Capitalization of a trademark requires that you record a journal entry to the company's general ledger. Since accounts are assigned to a general ledger based on a numbering system, the capitalization of an asset requires that you gather the general ledger account number for two asset accounts: "cash" and "trademark." The account numbers may be found on a report known as the "chart of accounts," which includes the individual account numbers for all accounts included on a company's books.

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