Question
What is the difference between revenue income and capital income?
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Answer
**Revenue income** — earned in the normal course of trading (e.g. sales, rent received, commission). Credited to the income statement.
**Capital income** — a one-off receipt outside normal trading (e.g. proceeds from selling a non-current asset, a new loan, owner introducing capital). Goes to the disposal account or capital account, not the income statement.