Assignment of Tax Law: Gitarattan International Business School DELHI-110085
Assignment of Tax Law: Gitarattan International Business School DELHI-110085
Assignment of Tax Law: Gitarattan International Business School DELHI-110085
DELHI-110085
Batch (2016-2021)
Receipts are just the opposites of expenses. But without receipts, there may be no existence of
the business. Not all receipts directly increase the profits or decrease the loss. But some affect
In this article, we will be talking about capital receipts and revenue receipts. In simple terms,
capital receipts don’t affect the profit or loss of the business, as for example, we can say that
But revenue receipts affect the profit or loss of a company. As an example, we can say that sale
A receipt is a written acknowledgment that something of value has been transferred from one
party to another. In addition to the receipts consumers typically receive from vendors and
service providers, receipts are also issued in business-to-business dealings as well as stock
market transactions. For example, the holder of a futures contract is generally given a delivery
instrument which acts as a receipt in that it can be exchanged for the underlying asset when the
CAPITAL RECEIPT
Capital receipts are the income received by the company which is non-recurring in nature. They
are part of the financing and investing activities rather than operating activities. The capital
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receipts either reduces an asset or increases a liability. The receipts can be generated from the
following sources:
Issue of Shares
Government grants.
Insurance Claim.
REVENUE RECEIPT
Revenue Receipts are the receipts which arise through the core business activities. These
receipts are a part of normal business operations that is why they occur again and again however
its benefit can be enjoyed only in the current accounting year as its effect is short term. The
income received from the day to day activities of business includes all the operations that bring
Services Rendered
Interest Received
Rent Received
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DIFFERNCE BETWEEN CAPITAL REVENUE & REVENUE RECEIPT
1. Receipts generated from investing and financing activities are capital receipts, on the other
2. Capital Receipts do not frequently occur, as it is non-recurring and irregular. But, revenue
receipts do not occur again and again they are recurring and regular.
3. The benefit of capital receipt can be enjoyed in more than one year, but the benefit of
4. Capital Receipts appears on the liabilities side of the Balance Sheet whereas Revenue
Receipts appears on the credit side of the Profit and Loss Account as income for the
financial year.
5. The capital receipt is received in exchange for the source of income. Unlike revenue
6. Capital receipt either decreases the value of an asset or increases the value of liability, but
revenue receipt neither increases nor decreases the value of asset or liability.
SIMILARITIES
2. Both are necessary for the survival and growth of the company.
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