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Question - Capitalizing or expensing costs has an effect on the financial statement. They also affect the organization's bottom line. Costs incurred to purchase a plant asset increase the useful life or enhance the quality of a fixed asset. They are generally capitalized. In other words, the basis of the fixed asset is increased. How do capital expenditures such as plant asset differ from ordinary costs that are expensed on the income statement. What is the impact on the financial statement if a capital expenditure is immediately expensed in error? Provide an example of a plant asset that you may have seen at your job or business you have visited.