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General Information

1. Am I required to complete this survey?
2. Why did I receive this form?
3. When is this form due?
4. Where can I get additional information, or if I have questions, who do I call?
5. Why is this information collected?
6. Are these FAQ’s a substitution for the instructions?
7. I am a non-profit (501 C-3) firm, do I have to complete this form?

Basic Content

8. What is the difference between an expensed item and a capitalized item?
9. What should I report?
10. Should I include inventories?
11. My company does not track ICT expenses by the categories requested; how do I complete the form?
12. I am not able to split my expenses between Computer Equipment (311) and Information and Communication Equipment (313). How should I complete this survey?
13. Not all expense categories apply to my company, why are they included?
14. Should expenditures for foreign locations be included on this form?
15. Where are copy machines included on this survey?
16. Are the lists of equipment and software intended to be all-inclusive?
17. Should any asset be reported twice on the ICT survey?

Maintenance and Service Contracts

18. Where do maintenance/service contracts go on this form?
19. What if maintenance contracts are included in the asset’s purchase price?

Operating Lease and Rental Payments

20. What is the difference between a capital lease and an operating lease?
21. How should a multi-year operating lease be reported on the form?

Software

22. What does “loaded” payroll for software development mean?
23. What should be included in the software section?
24. My company had software development expenses; however, a final product was never used internally or marketed. Should software expenses be reported if no final product is created?
25. My computers all run on an operating system, how should I report this?
26. I have a program that's updated yearly (example:Turbo Tax TM)how should I account for this software?
27. How should I report server software (could also be considered “back office” software)?

 
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