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How do you treat discounts allowed and received in the income statement?
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Discount allowed is an expense,take an example if one makes a cash sale and offers a cash discount,it reduces the cash paid and thus accounted for as an expense,a Discount received is treated as a revenue because take an example if one buys goods and pays cash and the person selling grants a discount,it reduces the amount paid and thus an added revenue,the difference on what i paid and what was ought to be paid,its always given in percentage,with set conditions.Types of discounts can be trade or cash both allowed and received.
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does discount allowed and discount received go into the income statement or balance sheet?
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True
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Does commission have a balance sheet or income statement account?
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a credit card discount would be a credit, not an expense.
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How do you do Income statement?
Comparative income statement is same as normal income statement with little addition of that income statement as well from which comparison is required.
How do you prepare comparative income statement?
Comparative income statement is same as normal income statement with little addition of that income statement as well from which comparison is required.
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Is income statement same as financial statement?
no. income statement is a only a statement in financial statements.
