These are things I've read and heard, but you can never be 100% sure that the sources are right., if the source isn't Michael himself. An example: Jermaine said MJ's favourite colors were gold and red, Taraborrelli said in his book that it was yellow, so who are you going to believe...
GAAP, however, generally requires that these costs be expensed when incurred because it is difficult determine their future benefits and relation to future revenues (the matching principle). Unless there are large amounts of organizational expenses, they are usually expensed for GAAP and financial reporting purposes.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Operating costs are the expenses which are related to the operation of a business, or to the operation of a device, component, piece of equipment or facility. They are the cost of resources used by an organization just to maintain its existence.or a commercial enterprise, operating costs fall into two broad categories: 1  fixed costs, which are the same whether the operation is closed or running at 100% capacity. 2  Fixed Costs include items such as the rent of the building. 3  These generally have to be paid regardless of what state the business is in.