How to make accounting entries for intellectual property service fees?
Intellectual property service fees mainly refer to intellectual property agency fees, including patent application fees and annual fees; Trademark registration application fee, change fee, renewal fee, etc. ; Copyright, copyright application fee, etc.
1. Intellectual property agency For intellectual property agencies, intellectual property service fees are their main business income:
Debit: bank deposit xxx
Loan: income from main business xxx
2. Non-intellectual property agency company If the company is not an intellectual property agency company and does not use intellectual property agency fees as operating income, but is a general production service-oriented enterprise, then the intellectual property agency fees belong to "non-operating expenses" for the company and are accounted for in the "non-operating expenses" subject according to the details of expenses. For example, applying for a registered trademark: paying the registration agency fee;
Debit: operating expenses xxx
Credit: bank deposit xxx
Can intellectual property agency fees be regarded as intangible assets?
If you are not sure whether the application can be successful, you can charge the management fee; If the application is confirmed to be successful, it can be recorded as intangible assets.
Intangible assets refer to identifiable non-monetary assets that have no physical form and are owned or controlled by enterprises. Intangible assets can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Intangible assets in a broad sense include monetary funds, accounts receivable, financial assets, long-term equity investment, patent rights, trademark rights and so on. Because they have no material entity, they show some legal rights or technologies. But intangible assets are usually understood in a narrow sense in accounting, that is, patent rights and trademark rights are called intangible assets.