v Tenant improvements are capital
expenditures made by the landlord to prepare the space for lease.
v Such improvements are capital assets of
the landlord.
v
These improvements are
components of the property and therefore should be capitalized and depreciated
over their useful life consistent with the accounting for property,
plant, and equipment.
EXAMPLE
The journal entry to record expenditures for tenant improvements of
$100,000 with a 10-year useful life would be:
PARTICULARS
|
DEBIT
|
CREDIT
|
Tenant improvement
A/C Dr
|
$100,000
|
|
To Accounts Payable or
Cash A/C
(Being improvement
recorded)
|
$100,000
|
|
Depreciation A/C Dr
|
$10,000
|
|
To Accumulated depreciation A/C
(Being annual depreciation of the improvement
recorded)
|
$10,000
|
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