Accounting treatment for building improvements

what will be the accounting entries for new fire alarm, fiber and cctv camera installation in building?

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This discussion clarifies the accounting treatment for new building installations like fire alarms, fibre optic cables, and CCTV cameras. These improvements can generally be capitalised as office equipment or plant and machinery. You may also be able to claim Input Tax Credit (ITC), with the net value recorded as a fixed asset.

Add them to PPE if they are used in production

It can be capitalised as office equipment. You may avail ITC and the net value can be accounted as fixed assets.

Originally posted by : CMA Poornima Madhava
It can be capitalised as office equipment. You may avail ITC and the net value can be accounted as fixed assets.

Capitalise as office equipment or plant and machinery as applicable

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