Preparing the income statement, calculating cost of sales, gross profit and profit for the year, and the effect of inventory.
Purpose of the income statement
The income statement measures the profit or loss for an accounting period. It has two parts:
the trading section, which calculates gross profit,
the profit and loss section, which adjusts gross profit for other income and expenses to find the profit for the year.
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