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Income Statement

The income statement is an important component of a set of financial statements. It measures the performance of a business during an accounting period by calculating one or more of the following:

1.Gross Profit

2.Operating Income

3.Net Income

4.Earnings per Share (EPS)

There are four basic elements of a typical income statement. These are:

Revenues: Revenues are the earnings from usual business activities. In most cases, revenues are earned from sales of goods and services.

Gains: Gains are the enhancements in the assets or the reductions in liabilities caused by activities outside the usual course of business and which are eligible to be recorded according to acceptable accounting practices.

Expenses: Expenses include consumption of assets or the creation of liability against the business in the course of normal business activities.

Losses: Losses are the reductions in assets or the enhancements in liabilities caused by activities other than those in the main course of business.

Example and Format

Income statement can be prepared in either of two formats namely single-step income statement and multi-step income statement. The following example shows a simple single-step income statement. It has been prepared from the adjusted trial balance of Company A.

|Company A |

|Income Statement |

|For the month ended Jan 31, 2011 |

| |

|Sales |$85,600 |

|Less: Expenses: | |

|Wages Expense |$38,200 | |

|Supplies Expense...