Concept explainers
(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. An income statement is also known as an operations statement, an earnings statement, a revenue statement, or a
Sales section
Sales section of the income statement computes the net sales of the Company during the accounting period.
Closing entries
Closing entries are those journal entries which are passed to transfer the balances of temporary accounts to the permanent accounts. These are passed at the end of the accounting period, to transfer the final balance.
Rules for closing entries:
- Debit the account: All temporary accounts with credit balances.
- Credit the account: All temporary accounts with debit balances
To prepare: Sales section of the income statement of S Company.
(b)
(1)
To prepare: Closing entries for sale revenue
2.
To prepare: Closing entries for the contra accounts to sales revenue.
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