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What is understood by an item 'Profit & Loss Account' on the asset hand side of the Balance Sheet?

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Question added by Shobin Thomas , Accounts Manager , Argon Global Trading & Contracting W.L.L.
Date Posted: 2014/07/03
Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

It basically mean that the company made a loss for that financial year.

Muhammad Hassan khan
by Muhammad Hassan khan , Assistant Collector , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority

There are alot of items like:

1) Deffered taxation 

2) Interest Receivable (interest recevieable accrue in P&L)

3) Closing Stock

4) gain in revalution of Assets

Madhav Chakilam
by Madhav Chakilam , Associate General Manager - F&A , Aster Pvt Ltd

The figure shown in Balancesheet Asest Side is Loss for the Period/Year related to it

manaf almas
by manaf almas , Auditor , DAR AL NUZUM PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

some debit items in profit & loss account as expenses which are paid in advance or prepaid those items will considered as assets and shows in balancesheet

Shobin Thomas
by Shobin Thomas , Accounts Manager , Argon Global Trading & Contracting W.L.L.

Its 'accumulated loss' of the comapny. If the loss is more than the retained earning of the company, then it appears in the asset side of the balance sheet.

Fakhar Syed ACCA CPA CFC CICA
by Fakhar Syed ACCA CPA CFC CICA , Senior Management Accountant , Alijarah Holding (Public Joint Stock Company)

Its basically prior year losses

Mohammed Farooque Khatri
by Mohammed Farooque Khatri , Assistant Group CFO , Al Dakheel Group

Stock

prior year losses

deffered and Prepaid expenses

accruals

SANU THOMAS
by SANU THOMAS , Accounts Manager , ABDULAZIZ BIN JASSIM GROUP

It is accumulated Loss

Yusuf Mohammed
by Yusuf Mohammed , Chartered Accountant , MY&CO Chartered Accountants

It's measn there is an accumulated loss.

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