Nonprofit Accounting

A profit and loss statement (P&L), also called an income statement, summarizes your business's revenues, costs, and expenses over a specific period. The bottom line shows whether you made a profit (revenue exceeded expenses) or took a loss (expenses exceeded revenue). It's one of the three core fina

Accrued revenue is income your business has earned by delivering goods or services but hasn't invoiced or collected yet. It's the revenue equivalent of accrued expenses — the work is done, the money is owed, but no bill has gone out. Accrued revenue appears as a current asset on your balance sheet.

An income statement—also called a Profit & Loss statement (P&L)—is a financial report that shows a business's revenue, expenses, and profit or loss over a specific period. It answers the fundamental question: did the business make money or lose money during this time? It's one of the three core fina

In bookkeeping, a credit is an entry on the right side of a journal entry or T-account that increases certain types of accounts and decreases others. Credits increase liabilities, equity, and revenue accounts. They decrease asset and expense accounts. Every transaction requires at least one credit a