What is a Profit and Loss Report?

A Profit and Loss Report can help you see the state of your income and expenses. 

A Profit and Loss Report is set up as follows:

  Income
– Cost of Goods Sold
—————————–
  Gross Profit
– Expenses
—————————–
  Net Income (Loss)

Let’s say you sell hairbows, and you brought in $4,000 last month. You paid $1,000 for hair clips and material, and $500 in website fees and other office expenses. Your Profit and Loss report would look like this:

  $4,000
– $1,000
————
  $3,000
– $500
————
  $2,500

Would you like to learn more about the Profit and Loss report? You can buy D.I.Y. Bookkeeping on Amazon! Chapter 5 is completely devoted to explaining this report with examples! 

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Blessings,

Valerie Johnston