Question
Explain differences: Capital expense and Revenue expense:
| Point | Capital Income | Revenue income |
| $1.$ Meaning | An expense which is not incurred regularly and the benefit of which is to concern for a longer period of time and through which the concerns accquires fixed assets is the capital expense. | To run a routine activity of the concern, expense which is incurred and benefit of which is available to the concern for the current year is the revenue expense. |
| $2.$ Objective | The objective of the capital expense is either to accquire fixed assets and with their help to create facilities to generate income. | The objective of revenue expense is to run activities to the concern. |
| $3. $ Presentation in accounts | Capital expense is disclosed on the asset side of balance sheet. | Revenue expense is disclosed on the debit side of income-expenditure account. |
| $4.$ Balance | Every year the balance of capital expense is carried forwarded. | Revenue expense are transferred to income expenditure account. |
| $5. $ Profit of expense | Capital expense's profit is for long time. | Revenue expense's profit is for only that year. |
| $6.$ Limit | Capital expense is done once only. | Revenue expense is done regularly. |
| $7.$ Description | At the end of accounting year, depreciation is calculate on capital expense | At the end of accounting year, depreciation is not calculate on revenue expenses. |
| $8.$ Give information | From capital expense, know the financial situation of the concern. | From revenue expense, know the profit or loss of the concern. |
| $9. $ Examples | Fixed assets purchase of land, building, machine, furniture and their installation expense etc. | Routine administrative expenses like salary, postage, stationery etc. |
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