What is Profit and Loss Account? What is Balance Sheet?

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What is Profit and Loss Account? What is Balance Sheet?..

Answer / kiran kumar .r 9700473904

Profit and Loss A/c

it is not a statement its a account which shows the
performance(profit or loss) of the business in the given
period of time i.e for one year.

Balance Sheet

it is a statement which shows position of assets and
liabilities on a given date. i.e normally at the ending day
of year.

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What is Profit and Loss Account? What is Balance Sheet?..

Answer / lxmi1972

Profit and Loss Account is nothing but the financial
statement for the current period which are under
preparation.

Balance Sheet is also the financial statement which whill
show the Assets and Liabilities of a Company as at a
particular date.

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What is Profit and Loss Account? What is Balance Sheet?..

Answer / sankeerthana

Profit and Loss account will be prepared to know the nett
result of a business organisatiion for a given period
Like wise balance sheet will be prepared to know the
Financial Postion of a Busines Organisation for a given
period
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What is Profit and Loss Account? What is Balance Sheet?..

Answer / srinivas

Every Business COncern wants to know the position of the
company either he gets profit or loss.
In order to know that he want to prepare P& L A/c & B/S for
every year ending.
Business Purchases, sales, stock and expenditure and
incomes come under profit & loss A/c
Laibilities & assests of the company comes under balance
sheet

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