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Accounting Theory And Practice Of Capital Expenditure

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ACCOUNTING THEORY AND PRACTICE
By Sanam Maknojia
CASE 9-6
a) Revenue expenditure are for costs incurred that is relative to the current accounting period. Capital expenditure are cost incurred for fixed assets and is expected to benefit either in all future accounting periods or in a limited number of accounting periods. The major difference between revenue expenditure and capital expenditure is related to timing. It involves the recognition of expense and, therefore, determining the earning. Capital expenditures are charged as depreciation expenditure over a long period of time. Whereas, Revenue expenditures are charged to expense in the current period.

If capitalized revenue expenditure is incorrect, it would overstate the current earning and assets but understate the future earning in all the years where that incorrect capitalized cost is amortized. If cost is not amortized then it will discontinue its effect on future earning and current earning and assets would be overstated till the presence of that cost on the books. However, if capital expenditure which is not amortized and is incorrectly expensed, current earnings, assets and retained earnings are understated for all accounting periods in which unamortized cost is present. If an amortizable capital expenditure is incorrectly expensed, current earnings, assets and retained earnings would be understated, and future earnings will become overstated for all accounting periods in which the cost should have been

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