
(a)
Income statement:
This is a financial statement that shows the net income earned or net loss suffered by a company through reporting all the revenues earned and expenses incurred by the company over a specific period of time. Income statement is also known as operations statement, earnings statement, revenue statement, or
Return on common
It is a profitability ratio that measures the profit generating ability of the company from the invested money of the shareholders. The formula to calculate the return on common stockholders’ equity is as follows:
To prepare: An income statement for Corporation P.
(b)
To calculate: Corporation P’s return on common stockholders’ equity for 2015.

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