Recurrent expenditure – all payments other than for capital assets, including on goods and services, (wages and salaries, employer contributions), interest payments, subsidies and transfers.
Capital expenditure – payments for acquisition of fixed capital assets, stock, land or intangible assets.
A recurrent budget can help a company manage its money and come up with strategies for cutting day-to-day costs.
Capital budgets focus on business growth and improvements, while recurrent budgets focus on standard operations.
Still, there are times when the two interact.
Recurrent expenditure on goods and services is expenditure which does not result in the creation or acquisition of fixed assets (new or second-hand).
It consists mainly of expenditure on wages, salaries and supplements, purchases of goods and services, and consumption of fixed capital (depreciation).