Question 10

Distinguish between ‘revenue reserve’ and ‘capital reserve’.

Answer
Revenue Reserve Capital Reserve
  1. Revenue reserve is the type of reserve that is created from the net profit that a company makes during a financial year.
  2. This reserve is not distributed to shareholders in the form of dividends but is kept for meeting future requirements of the business.
  3. Revenue reserve is created from revenue profit which is earned from the daily operations of the business. Revenue reserve is added in a profit and loss appropriation account.
  1. A capital reserve is the type of reserve that is created from capital profits.
  2. The purpose for which a capital reserve is created is for preparing the company for sudden events like inflation, business expansion, funds for a new project.
  3. A capital reserve is created from capital profit earned through sales of capital assets such as the sale of fixed assets, profit on the sale of shares.
  4. The special property of capital reserve is that these are permanently invested and cannot be used for any other purpose apart from which it is created.

 

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