Fern Company is a U. S.-based company that designs and builds compressors for large HVAC units. Fern decides to build a new plant in China, its first attempt at doing business internationally. During its start-up phase, Fern incurs $2,000,000 of start-up costs including $1,000,000 in legal fees, $700,000 to introduce its product, and another $300,000 in state fees to the Chinese government to organize the new business entity. Fern Company's CEO fully expects the company to become profitable during its 3rd year of operations. How should Fern Company account for these costs