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August 11, 2011

How to Make a Profit and Loss Statement

The Profit and Loss Statement is an essential tool for any type of business. As the designation suggests, the purpose is to determine if the business has made a profit or a loss in a given period. However how is the profit and loss statement prepared? What is normally seen as a simple statement sometimes on a single sheet would have taken a abundance of age to compile. This is since the items in the statement are summaries of income and expenses transactions over a financial year, a half year, a quarter or a month. It involves summarizing income and expense items and comparing the subtotals to determine whether the business has made a profit or a loss. The action of comparing income and expenses over a given period is known matching in accounting. It is absolutely vital for any person involved in a business to know how the profit and loss statement is prepared.
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