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Income Statement (Word Scramble)

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Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA

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1. Amounts earned through a company's main activities.

REVENUES SEEVEURN
REVENUES EEUNVERS

2. A retailer's revenues.

SALES SEASL
SALES AELSS

3. Costs used up in order to earn revenues.

EXPENSES SEEPSNXE
EXPENSES SEEXENSP

4. The __________ basis of accounting is better than the cash basis for measuring profitability in a limited time period.

ACCRUAL URACLCA
ACCRUAL RCLAUAC

5. The expense associated with debt.

INTEREST ITNSRTEE
INTEREST NITTERES

6. At the end of the accounting year, income statement accounts are ______________.

CLOSED LCODES
CLOSED CDESOL

7. Sales minus the cost of goods sold is gross _________.

PROFIT RPTIOF
PROFIT PROIFT

8. Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses are referred to as _____________ expenses.

OPERATING GEPAOIRTN
OPERATING NREAITPOG

9. The heading of the income statement discloses the _________ of time covered.

PERIOD IDPORE
PERIOD RODPEI

10. An accounting year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 is referred to as a _________ year.

FISCAL CLFASI
FISCAL FCLSAI

11. Earnings per share must be reported on the income statement when a corporation's stock is publicly ___________.

TRADED DTREDA
TRADED RETDAD

12. An increase in net assets from a peripheral activity.

GAIN AGIN
GAIN IGNA

13. On a multiple-step income statement, interest expense is reported as a ________________ or other expense.

NONOPERATING RNOTGIONEPAN
NONOPERATING TOOGNNEAIRPN

14. The elimination of an entire subsidiary of a corporation will result in reporting an amount on the income statement described as _______________ operations.

DISCONTINUED ICENDOTUDNSI
DISCONTINUED ODNDTINSUEIC

15. If a corporation sells a plant asset for less than its ___________ value, the difference will be reported as a loss on the income statement.

CARRYING RYGACRIN
CARRYING YRNRIGAC

16. The income statement is also known as the statement of ____________.

OPERATIONS TIPESNORAO
OPERATIONS SPAEORNOIT

17. The largest expense on a retailer's income statement is usually its _____ of goods sold.

COST TCOS
COST CSTO

18. Accrual accounting requires that expenses be __________ with revenues.

MATCHED MCATHED
MATCHED DEAHTMC

19. Changes in accounting ___________ such as depreciation are not viewed as errors.

ESTIMATES SEASTETMI
ESTIMATES TIAEMSTES

20. The few gains or losses that are not included in net income will be reported as part of other _____________________ income.

COMPREHENSIVE IMREONCEPHESV
COMPREHENSIVE SNEEVMCIHROEP
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