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future periods as the new products they produce are brought to market. The
idea behind this approach is the matching principle. Moreover, since these
expenditures are made to benefit future operations and sales, they should be
charged to the future periods that benefit.
Disagree: If you disagree, you might argue that many R&D projects fail, while
be reliably measured and reported on the balance sheet.
Requirement 4:
To forecast next period’s earnings you need to examine what has transpired
during the current period. Any unusual and non-recurring gains (revenues)
and or expenses (losses) should be disregarded, since they are not
1 operating income of $17,438 plus restructuring costs (considered a
special or unusual charge that would normally not be repeated) of
$24,444.)
▪ Interest income and expense and other income would be analyzed and
revised if necessary and added to operating income. Projected tax rates