Capital And Revenue Expenditure And Receipts
Overview
Every dollar a business spends does one of two jobs. Some money buys things the business will use for years to come, such as a delivery van, a shop fitting or a new machine. Other money simply keeps the doors open today: wages, electricity, the daily restocking of goods. Telling these two kinds of spending apart, and doing the same for money coming in, is one of the most important judgements an accountant makes, because it decides where each figure lands: in the income statement that measures this year's profit, or in the statement of financial position that values what the business owns.
In this lesson you will learn to separate capital expenditure from revenue expenditure, and capital receipts from revenue receipts, with everyday examples that make the rule stick. You will then see the part examiners love most: what actually goes wrong when an item is put in the wrong place. A single misclassified repair can overstate profit and overstate assets at the same time, and you will learn to calculate the exact size of that error.
Objectives
- the distinction between capital expenditure and revenue expenditure.
- how to account for capital expenditure and revenue expenditure.
- the distinction between capital receipts and revenue receipts.
- how to account for capital receipts and revenue receipts.
- how to identify and calculate the effect on profit of incorrect treatment.
- how to identify and calculate the effect on asset valuations of incorrect treatment.
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- Which of the following is capital expenditure? A. Paying wages to factory staff B. Buying fuel for the delivery vans C. Paying carriage to deliver a newly purchased machine D. Repairing a broken office window Answer: C
- Which of the following is a capital receipt? A. Cash received from selling goods B. Commission received from a client C. Rent received from a tenant D. A bank loan received by the business Answer: D
- Repairs to a machine were wrongly recorded as an improvement to the machine. What is the effect on the financial statements? A. Profit understated and non-current assets understated B. Profit overstated and non-current assets overstated C. Profit overstated and non-current assets understated D. Profit understated and non-current assets overstated Answer: B
- A business reported profit of $60 000. It then found that $4 000 of revenue expenditure had been treated as capital expenditure. What is the corrected profit? A. $56 000 B. $60 000 C. $64 000 D. $4 000 Answer: A
- Which item should NOT be entered in the income statement? A. Rent received B. The proceeds from selling a delivery van C. Sales of goods D. Commission received Answer: B
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