If a company incorrectly classified an item of capital expenditure as revenue expenditure, what effect would this have on the company's accounts in the year of the expenditure and in subsequent years?

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If a company incorrectly classified an item of capital expenditure as revenue expenditure, what effect would this have on the company's accounts in the year of the expenditure and in subsequent years? 

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Assuming that the asset is depreciable, the absence of depreciation charges in future years will increase the reported profit of those years so that the company's total profits over the entire useful life of the asset will in fact be unaffected by the error. Is that correct?

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