ACFI1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gross Profit, Financial Statement, Income Statement

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Nature and purpose of statement of financial performance/income statement. Other stakeholders groups including managers, employees and suppliers will also have an interest in the profit-making ability of the business. Income=increases in economic benefits through the inflow of assets or reduction in liabilities. Revenues= gross inflows of future economic benefits gained by different operating activities. Expenses=opposite of revenue, measure the outflow of assets incurred as a result of generating revenues. The income statement for a period shows the total income generated during a particular period, with expenses deducted, which in turn will then represent a profit or loss. Equation: assets (end)= oe + (income-expenses) + other oe + liabilities. Layout of a typical statement and its components. Key terms: gross profit= difference between the revenues from sales and the cost of those sales; Classifying expenses are normally done under four heading: cost of sales, selling and distribution, administration and general, and financial.

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