Meaning of Capital Budgeting
Decisions relating to irreversible commitment of funds to projects whose profits are to be reaped over a time span longer than the current accounting year are known as capital expenditure / capital budgeting decisions. They generally are decisions related to fixed / long term assets whose investment decisions involve current outlay of money but returns are spaced over a period of time longer than one year. These profits may be either in the form of increased revenues or reduced costs.