Income statement
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Accounting.
The same as the statement of profit or loss' or 'profit and loss account', that sets out how the net profit for a period is arrived at.
Under the 'double entry' accounting convention, income items in the Income statement are Credits (CR) and expenses are Debits (DR).
A net profit for the period under review is a Credit in the Income statement.
A net loss for the period is a Debit in the Income statement.
Net profits or losses for the period - in the Income statement - feed through in turn to the Shareholders' funds (cumulative retained profits or losses) in the 'bottom half' of the Balance sheet (as at the end of the period).
