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TEST 3 PREPARATION

(b) The development phase

• Examples of development activities are:

• the design, construction and testing of pre-production or pre-use
prototypes and models,

• the design of tools, jigs, moulds and dies involving new
technology,

• the design, construction and operation of a pilot plant that is not
of a scale economically feasible for commercial production, and

• the design, construction and testing of a chosen alternative for

new or improved materials, devices, products, processes,

systems or services. (IAS 38.59)

• Internally generated brands, newspaper mastheads,

publishing titles, customer lists and items similar in

substance shall not be recognised as intangible assets,

because it cannot be distinguished from the cost of

developing the business as a whole. (IAS 38.63–64)

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