What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and
expenditure

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / nibin

income and expenditure account is created by non profit
making organizations (NPO) and P&L account is created by
business like trading and manufacturing etc..

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / suvankar pal

P/L A/C is prepared by Profit Making Organisation
Income & Expenditure A/C is prepare by non-profit making
organisation

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / hari nath jha

Mention below are the main differences/distinction between:

=>Profit And Loss Account

1 Prepare by business undertakings

2 Credit balance of this account is known as “Net profit”
and added to opening capital

3 Debit balance of this account is known as “ Net loss” and
deducted from opening capital

4 To check correctness of accounts, trial balance is
prepared before preparing this Profit & Loss Account

=>Income And Expenditure Account

1 Prepared by non-trading organizations

2 Credit balance is known as “excess of income over
expenditure or surplus” and added to opening capital fund

3 Debit balance is known as “excess of expenditure over
income or deficit” and deducted from opening capital fund

4 To check correctness of accounts, receipts and payment
account is prepared before preparing this account.

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / praveen acharya

P/L a/c is prepared to know the profit or loss of the
enterprise, income and expenditure is prepared to know the
income over expenditure or expenditure over income.

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / xyz

I&E A/c is prepared by non -TRADING organisations & P&L A/c
is prepared by TRADING organisations. Further, I&E A/c
exhibits SURPLUS or DEFICIT & P&L A/c Exhibits PROFIT\LOSS

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / murugesh

income and expenditure account is created by non profit
making organizations (NPO) and P&L account is created by
business like trading and manufacturing etc..

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / vishwas

P& L Account is for know the profit of Enterprises.I&E is
for Non trading orgastion for know the income for the year.

But in case of Professional person we will prepare I&E for
know income .

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / sumitra.raghavan

profit and loss acct are prepared by profit making
companies...4m it we get profit or loss
income and exp statement prepared by non profit making co's
we get surplus or defcit from it

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / sallum

i/e a/c is created by non profit seeking orgn & p&l a/c is
prepared by profit seeking orgn.

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What are the difference between P/l a/c and income and expenditure..

Answer / gopal reddy. illuri

Profit and loss a/c is prepared by the trading, profit oriented firms to know the profit earned or loss incurred by the business during the regular periodic interwals. It reveals the net margin on sales made by the concern after meeting all expenses which are required to make the goods available to the consumers(after providing all indirect expenses).It is caliculated by deducting all the indirect expenses from the gross profit such as selling and distribution, management, depreciation and maintanance, financial expenses, and extraordinary items. the difference is called Net profit.


Income and Expenditure a/c is prepared by the non profit oriented concerns like clubs associations voluntary organisations to know the surplus or deficit during a particular period. it is caliculated by deducting all expenditure incurred in a period from the income earned during that period. If the income exceeds the expenditure it is called as surplus. If expenditure Exceeds income it canbe termed as deficit.

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