General Reserve


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18 January 2011 Difference Between General Reserve and Capital Reserve with explain through appropriate eample

18 January 2011 capital reserve is a reserve created to deal with general,
unspecified contingencies such as inflation.Normally it is
legally not distributable as dividends to shareholders



revenue reserve on the other hand is distributable to
shareholders as dividends, for example, the profit and loss
account, general reserve.

25 January 2011 thx experts.

Capital reserve is a reserve created to deal with general, unspecified contingencies such as inflation. It is a fund set aside for the specific purpose and can not be distributed for other uses. Normally it is legally not distributable as dividends to shareholders


General reserve
It is a reserve created by transferring certain amount of undistributed profit for funding expansion, acquisition, paying dividends, discharging of liabilities, writing off extraordinary and/or contingent losses, buyback and/or redemption of securities




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