The Main Ideas :
Introduction
The FASB (and IASB) are working on a joint project on financial statement presentation to address users’ concerns about these practices.
Users believe too many alternatives exist for classifying and reporting income statement information
They note that information is often highly aggregated and inconsistently presented.
As a result, it is difficult to assess the financial performance of the company and compare its results with other companies
“Income Statement”
A financial statement that measures a company's financial performance over a specific accounting period.
Financial performance is assessed by giving a summary of how the business incurs its revenues and expenses through both operating and non-operating activities.
It shows the net profit or loss incurred over a specific accounting period.
Also known as :
"profit and loss statement"
"statement of revenue and expense".