{"id":28046,"date":"2022-12-30T23:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/?p=28046"},"modified":"2023-02-07T12:05:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T12:05:02","slug":"what-is-net-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/accounting\/what-is-net-income\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS NET INCOME? Formula and How to Calculate It","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

To stay in business, your company must earn more money than it spends, at least in the long run. A net income formula indicates whether you are profiting or losing money. This equation, however, only reveals part of the picture; your business may be lucrative, but you may not have any money in the bank. The balance sheet <\/a>depicts your entire financial condition, which is likely to be good if your net income is consistent. Let us look at the net income on the incone sheet and how to calculate it. <\/p>

What is Net Income?<\/h2>

Net income is the amount of accounting profit that a company has after deducting all of its expenses. Net income is calculated by deducting sales revenue from COGS, SG&A, depreciation and amortization, interest expenditure, taxes, and other expenses.<\/p>

The last line item on the income statement is net income. However, some income statements will include a separate part at the bottom that reconciles beginning retained profits with ending retained earnings via net income and dividends.<\/p>

Net Income, the bottom line of a company’s income statement is known by three different names:<\/p>