Chapter 2 discusses the accounting for plant assets, emphasizing their characteristics, cost recording under the historical cost principle, and various types of assets including land, buildings, and equipment. It further details the methods of accounting for costs, including ordinary repairs versus capital expenditures, and outlines depreciation methods such as straight-line, units-of-activity, and declining-balance methods. Additionally, the chapter covers component depreciation and revaluation of assets under IFRS, with examples illustrating the different accounting treatments.