Income statement
Revenue, costs and expenses over a period, ending in net income. The report that says whether you made money.
In Solo Superstars
Open Reports › Income statement, pick a date range and the Cash / Accrual toggle. Sections: Revenue, Cost of goods sold, Gross profit, Operating expenses, Other income and expenses, Net income. Every figure links to the ledger lines behind it.
Example
Revenue 15,600 − COGS 3,200 = gross profit 12,400 − operating expenses 8,900 + other income 40 − other expenses 60 = net income 3,480.
Codes shown are the defaults a new workspace starts with. Yours may be renamed or renumbered — check Accounting › Chart of accounts. See the full default chart.
Also called
- profit and loss
- P&L
- QuickBooks: Profit and Loss
Related
- Revenue — What you earn from customers before any costs: product sales, services, shipping charged. The top line of the Income statement.
- Cost of goods sold — What the things you sold cost you to buy or make. Subtracted from revenue to get gross profit.
- Gross profit — Revenue minus cost of goods sold. What is left to cover everything else.
- Net income — Revenue minus every cost and expense. Rolls into retained earnings at year end.
- Cash basis — Counting revenue when money lands and expense when you actually pay. Simpler, and what most sole proprietors file on.
- Accrual basis — Counting revenue when you send the invoice and expense when you receive the bill, whether or not money has moved. The alternative is cash basis.