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Chapter 5

Capital and revenue expenditure

2.1 Classification of expenditure

A business entity’s expenditure may be classified as one of two types:

 capital expenditure – expenditure likely to increase the future earning capability
of the entity or

 revenue expenditure – expenditure associated with maintaining the entity’s
present earning capability.

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