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Business Accounting Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions

1. Revenue expenditure: The costs which are related to the daily operations of the business or which are related to specific revenue transactions. The maintenance and repair expenses or the cost of goods sold comes under the revenue expenditure. It is consumed for a short period of time. Capital expenditure: The expenditures made for the fixed assets which will be there for a long time with the company and are expected to be productive for a long time. To classify: The expenses made as revenue expenditure or capital expenditure. a) Capital expenditure b) Revenue expenditure c) Revenue expenditure d) Capital expenditure The life of a fixed asset is extended by 4 years by doing a capital expenditure. It will be there for a long term and it will be charged to expense via depreciation . A cost is incurred for each truck for their annual tune ups which will help in increasing the revenue and it is paid through revenue expenditure. The size of the expenditure is low such as $200 and it will be there for a short term. Each month $175 is paid for the monthly cost of replacement filters on an air-conditioning system through the revenue expenditure. The size of the expenditure is low and is for a short term. An addition is made to the office building for a huge amount of $225,000 cash which is a capital expenditure. The size of the expenditure is high, and an addition will be there for a long term. 2. Revenue expenditure: The costs which are related to the daily operations of the business or which are related to specific revenue transactions. The maintenance and repair expenses or the cost of goods sold comes under the revenue expenditure. It is consumed for a short period of time. Capital expenditure: The expenditures made for the fixed assets which will be there for a long time with the company and are expected to be productive for a long time. To prepare: Journal entry to record the transactions of part a and d Preparation of Journal entry to record the transactions of part a and d is as follows: S. No. General entry Debit Credit a) Equipment $40,000.00 Cash $40,000.00 (To record expense incurred to increase useful life of asset.) d) Building $2,25,000.00 Cash $2,25,000.00 (To record completion of addition to the building.)

1. Revenue expenditure: The costs which are related to the daily operations of the business or which are related to specific revenue transactions. The maintenance and repair expenses or the cost of goods sold comes under the revenue expenditure. It is consumed for a short period of time. Capital expenditure: The expenditures made for the fixed assets which will be there for a long time with the company and are expected to be productive for a long time. To classify: The expenses made as revenue expenditure or capital expenditure. a) Capital expenditure b) Revenue expenditure c) Revenue expenditure d) Capital expenditure The life of a fixed asset is extended by 4 years by doing a capital expenditure. It will be there for a long term and it will be charged to expense via depreciation . A cost is incurred for each truck for their annual tune ups which will help in increasing the revenue and it is paid through revenue expenditure. The size of the expenditure is low such as $200 and it will be there for a short term. Each month $175 is paid for the monthly cost of replacement filters on an air-conditioning system through the revenue expenditure. The size of the expenditure is low and is for a short term. An addition is made to the office building for a huge amount of $225,000 cash which is a capital expenditure. The size of the expenditure is high, and an addition will be there for a long term. 2. Revenue expenditure: The costs which are related to the daily operations of the business or which are related to specific revenue transactions. The maintenance and repair expenses or the cost of goods sold comes under the revenue expenditure. It is consumed for a short period of time. Capital expenditure: The expenditures made for the fixed assets which will be there for a long time with the company and are expected to be productive for a long time. To prepare: Journal entry to record the transactions of part a and d Preparation of Journal entry to record the transactions of part a and d is as follows: S. No. General entry Debit Credit a) Equipment $40,000.00 Cash $40,000.00 (To record expense incurred to increase useful life of asset.) d) Building $2,25,000.00 Cash $2,25,000.00 (To record completion of addition to the building.)

Solution Summary: The author explains that revenue expenditure and capital expenditure are related to the daily operations of the business or specific revenue transactions.

Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions

Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions

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ISBN: 9781260158809

Author: Wild, John

Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION

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