After only deducting cost of goods sold from revenues is the Gross profit which is the difference between revenues and cost of goods sold.
A business or company has expenses. Expenses include the costs of goods and services that are used in the process of earning revenues.
Unearned revenues -Advance payments for goods or services that a company must provide in a future accounting period
revenues minus cost of goods sold.
profit
profiteering
assets received fro selling products or services
Under the accrual basis of accounting, revenues are reported in the accounting period when the services or goods have been completed. This is answer to question 3 on the Accounting Basics quiz.
$13.5 billion worth of goods in 2000
REALIZED REVENUE-A revenue transaction where goods and services are exchanged for cash orclaims to cash.
Membership revenue is a cornerstone of accrual accounting in which both revenues and expenses are recognized. Revenues are accounted for when goods are transferred or services rendered, even when no cash has been received yet.
Because there was money to be made in smuggling. There were no taxes paid to the government for smuggled goods. This meant that the seller could keep all of the profits, and/or get goods much cheaper.
Sales revenue are usually considered earned when "goods are transfered from the seller to the buyer".