If there is a net income, debit Income Summary. If there is a net loss, then credit it.
Total sales - cash sales - sales return
Total operating income less total operating expense = net operating income (or loss if the expenses were higher)
A credit and debit tally is the total of the credits and debits, separately. The difference between the totals is the net profit or loss.
When does a net loss occur
it is credit P&l Dr TO net loss
how do we calculate credit loss ratio in banks financials
The profit and loss account is the account that can be used to calculate the net loss.
Net Credit Loss
NCL = Net Credit Loss
If there is a net income, debit Income Summary. If there is a net loss, then credit it.
Identify and total all operating expenses for the period. Expenses include advertising, marketing, sales representative salaries, sales commissions, professional fees, office supplies etc. Subtract the total operating expenses from gross profit to calculate net loss.
Net Credit Loss demonstrates what happened to assets (ANR) and what billed to write-off. NCL is a dollar amount representing Gross Write-Off + Bankruptcy - Recoveries. (NCL = GWO + BK - REC).
Total sales - cash sales - sales return
The Gross Profit Margin = Gross Profit/Revenue*100 regardless of weather the Gross Profit is positive or negative (a loss). Therefor, it is acceptable to have a negative Gross Profit Margin.
Bad debts are those accounts receivables which have created due to credit sales to customers so if company unable to collect these it will reduce the net profit of company or in case of actual loss it will increase loss amount.
Debt Income Summary Credit Retained Earnings.