ACCT 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Comprehensive Income, Income Statement, Financial Statement

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In general, all revenues, expenses and gains and losses recorded during the period are included in income. Such items are listed in the income statement so that readers of the financial statements can better appreciate the importance of the different components of the net profit. Changes in accounting rules and corrections to errors are removed from the measurement of net profit because they apply to previous periods. In recent years, the use of equal values to calculate assets and liabilities has increased. In addition, potential reporting of gains and losses due to adjustments in fair value has put a burden on the reporting of profits. Since equal expectations are constantly evolving, some argue that the acknowledgment of these net income gains and losses is deceptive. The fasb agrees and has established a small number of transactions that should be reported directly to shareholders" equity. Another example of this is unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities.

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