
Concept explainers
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Multi step income statement: A multiple step income statement refers to the income statement that shows the operating, and non-operating activities of the business, under separate head. In different steps of the multi-step income statement, principal operating activities are reported that starts from the record of sales revenue with all contra sales revenue account like sales returns, allowances and sales discounts.
Single step income statement: A single step income statement refers to the simplest form of the income statement which has only one step for calculating net income, subtract total expense from total revenues. All data is separated in only two parts- Revenues and Expenses.
To Indicate: Items on the multiple-step income statement.
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To Indicate: Items on the single-step income statement.

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