Major improvement expenses are defined as which type of costs?

• A. Items not necessarily required but added to improve welfare, safety, or life, or to enhance resale value.
• B. Regular maintenance costs.
• C. Insurance premiums for residents.
• D. Routine administrative expenses.

Answer: (A)

Major improvement expenses are capital expenditures. They’re costs that go beyond ordinary upkeep and either improve welfare, safety, or life, or boost the asset’s resale value. Because these expenditures extend the asset’s useful life or enhance its value, they’re capitalized on the balance sheet and depreciated over time rather than being expensed immediately.

Regular maintenance costs, in contrast, keep the asset in normal working condition and are expensed as incurred. Insurance premiums and routine administrative expenses are operating expenses and do not add to the asset’s value or life, so they’re also expensed in the period incurred.

So the description that fits major improvements is the one that defines them as expenses not strictly required for daily operation but added to improve welfare, safety, or life, or to enhance resale value.