The accounting treatment for application software purchased in conjunction with computer hardware or other equipment should follow the general software policy requirements. To the extent it is not possible to separate the software and hardware costs, it is acceptable to include the software costs in the capitalized price of the equipment (referred to as bundled). Designation of application software as bundled is expected to be infrequent. To be considered bundled, the facts and circumstances of the nature of the application software included in the equipment purchase must overwhelmingly support the bundling designation, and the Division Controller must be notified in each instance