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Use this calculator to capitalise intangible assets. Intangible assets include knowledge, brand, and expertise. They come from investing in research, marketing and training. This model attempts to capture the economics of that investment by capitalising a portion of the following expenses: Research and development (R&D) Sales and marketing (S&M) General and administrative (G&A) Enter the expenses from the financial statements into the inputs below and click the Calculate button. Make sure your units are consistent (millions, billions, etc.) Assumptions: 100% of research and development (R&D) is investment with a 5-year life 70% of sales and marketing (S&M) is investment with a 2-year life 20% of general and admin (G&A) is investment with a 2-year life

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Use this calculator to capitalise intangible assets.

Intangible assets include knowledge, brand, and expertise. They come from investing in research, marketing and training.
This model attempts to capture the economics of that investment by capitalising a portion of the following expenses:

Research and development (R&D)
Sales and marketing (S&M)
General and administrative (G&A)

Enter the expenses from the financial statements into the inputs below and click the Calculate button.
Make sure your units are consistent (millions, billions, etc.)

Assumptions:

100% of research and development (R&D) is investment with a 5-year life
70% of sales and marketing (S&M) is investment with a 2-year life
20% of general and admin (G&A) is investment with a 2-year life

Inputs	Research and development	Sales and marketing	General and administrative
Trailing 12-months (TTM)
1 year ago
2 years ago
3 years ago
4 years ago
5 years ago

Intangible asset	Value
Research and development (R&D)
(+) Sales and marketing (S&M)
(+) General and Administrative (G&A)
(=) Total intangible asset value

Reinvestment	Value
Intangible CapEx
(-) Intangible amortisation
(=) Intangible net CapEx