Uniform Capitalization Rules

Uniform Capitalization Rules Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Uniform Capitalization Rules in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: These are a set of rules intended to be a single comprehensive set of rules to govern the capitalization, or inclusion in INVENTORY of direct and indirect cost of producing, acquiring and holding property. Under the rules, taxpayers are required to capitalize the direct costs and an allocable portion of the indirect costs attributable to real and tangible personal property produced or acquired for resale. The obvious effect of the uniform capitalization rules is that taxpayers may not take current deductions for these costs but instead must be recovered through DEPRECIATION or AMORTIZATION.