Understanding Financial statement (1): Income statement

* Components & formats

• Name: 
• Income statement
• Statement of operations/ statement of earnings
• Profit & Loss
  
•  Important concepts
• Revenue
• Net Income
• Subtotals:
• Gross profit = Rev - Cost of goods sold (COGS)
• Operating profit = Gross profit - all expenses related to running the business. [Operating profit <=> the firm's profits on its annual business activity before deducting taxes.
  
• Income after tax = Income before tax* (1-T)
• Minority interest = % income belongs to minority shareholders; subtracted from Income after tax
• Net Income = Income after tax - Minority interest
• Unbilled or accrued 
  

* Revenue recognition

1. General principles
2. Special case
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