16 July 2011
In case of a company Miscellaneous expenses written off relates to Preliminary Expenses which were incurred at the time of formation of the company and are allowable expenditure for 5 years.
In general Miscellaneous expenses head is created for recording those expenses which are unable to find any proper head.
21 July 2011
Mr.Uday Tathe , You can put it separately as 'preliminary expenses written off' in P&L account. And i wan to make it clear to all(Note to CA Mr.SS.Agarwal sir) that mis.expenses(revenue nature) is different form mis.Expenditure(Capital nature. This should not be used interchangably.