Home Realty, Incorporated, has been operating for three years and is owned by three investors. J. Doe owns 60 percent of the total outstanding stock of 9,000 shares and is the managing executive in charge. On December 31, the following financial items for the entire year were determined: sales revenue, $236,000; salaries and wages expense, $111,000; interest expense, $7,700; advertising expenses, $9,725; and income tax expense, $19,900. Also during the year, the company declared and paid the owners dividends amounting to $17,000. Prepare the company’s income statement.

An income statement is one of the three important financial statements used for reporting a company's financial performance over a specific accounting period. The income statement focuses on the four key items - revenue, expenses, gains, and losses. It does not cover receipts (money received by the business) or the cash payments/disbursements (money paid by the business).

It follows the general structures:

Revenues (+)

Operating Revenue

Non-Operating Revenue

Total

Expenses (-)

Primary Activity Expenses

Secondary Activity Expenses

Total

Gains (+)

Losses (-)

Net income/loss

In this exercise:

Total revenues=$236000

Expenses:

salaries=$111000

Advertising=$9725

Interest=7700

Total Expenses=$128425

Taxes= $19900

Net profit= $87675

Note: dividends shouldn't be included in the Income Statement