Mayfield’s is a restaurant chain that currently has 8 locations in Chicago

Case 1:  Mayfield’s is a restaurant chain that currently has 8 locations in Chicago.  Mayfield’s is a privately held company with a September 30^th fiscal year end.  The company has decided to expand their restaurant operations into a new territory.    During August 2022 Mayfield’s spent $200,000 on constructing a new restaurant.  Mayfield’s also spent $6,000 on hiring and training new employees. The company is classifying these expenditures as start-up expenditures.

The CEO of Mayfield’s believes that the $206,000 of start-up expenditures should be recognized as an asset since the expenditures will benefit the future operations of the company for many years.  The company recognized these expenditures as follows:

8/31/22            Start Up Costs (an asset)         206,000

Cash                                                    206,000

Accounting Issue:  Is Mayfield’s correctly recognizing the $206,000 of start-up costs?

1.  Codification Reference:  

1. Your answer/interpretation of the guidance:

2022. If necessary, prepare a journal entry so the financial statements are correct as of August 31, 2022.  If a journal entry is not required indicate N/A.