Prior year adjustments
Detail information of how cost of goods sold is calculated is provided in multi step income statement while it is not provided in single step statement.
Retained earnings is not part of income statement rather it is part of statement of owners equity so no question for including in single or multi step income statement.
It's easier to use than a single step.
1. Single step income statement 2 – Multi-step income statement
Following are two catagories of income statement: 1- Single Step Income statement 2- Multy-step income statement
Consolidated income statement is that statement in which expenses and incomes of subsidiary as well as parents companies shown as a joint in one single income statement.
The multi-step income statement is classified by function, and the single-step income statement is classified by behavior.
Gross profit is usually the third item on a multi-step income statement:Net SalesLess: Cost of Goods SoldEquals Gross ProfitGross profit does not appear on a single step income staement.
If statement is single selection statement,whereas the switch statement is multiple selective.
When there is a parent child relation available then consolidated income statement is prepared in which expenses and income of parent and subsidiary are shown in one single financial statement due to which net profit or loss for whole organization is shown.
single step income statement is one of two formats in which only one subtraction is done to arrive at net profit or loss as follows:Net profit or loss = revenues - expenses
income statement includes expenses and incomes related to that specific single fiscal year for which that income statement is prepared. It is to clarify that only income and expenses related to that specific period is included and not for any other fiscal year.