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How are revenues calculated on an income statement?
How are revenues calculated on an income statement? (IntroductionToBusiness OP 8D04gAa · 2026-10-07-36573 · 14.5. The Income Statement*) — "Revenues are the do…
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- Revenues
- Revenues are the dollar amount of sales plus other income received.
- Other income can come from interest, dividends, and rents.
- Delicious Desserts earns revenues from selling bakery products.
- Revenues are determined starting with gross sales.
- Gross sales are the total dollar amount of a company’s sales.
- Gross sales are reduced by sales discounts and returns and allowances.
- Sales discounts are price reductions for customers who pay their bills early.
- Delicious Desserts gives discounts to restaurants that buy in bulk and pay at delivery.
- Returns and allowances are amounts for merchandise returned because it was unwanted, damaged, or defective.
- Net sales are the amount remaining after deducting sales discounts and returns and allowances from gross sales.
- Delicious Desserts’ gross sales were reduced by $4,500, leaving net sales of $270,500.
