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Comprehensive Income Overview

Jul 10, 2025

Overview

This lecture explains the comprehensive income statement, its components, presentation formats, common line items, and required disclosures according to financial reporting standards.

Comprehensive Income and Its Components

  • Comprehensive income reflects changes in equity during a period not caused by owner transactions.
  • It has two main components: profit or loss, and other comprehensive income (OCI).
  • Profit or loss is total income minus expenses for the current period, excluding OCI.
  • OCI includes income and expenses in the period, but not recognized in profit or loss as required by financial reporting standards.

Presentation Formats of Comprehensive Income Statement

  • Two-statement approach: present income statement (profit or loss) then a separate statement of comprehensive income (adds/deducts OCI).
  • Single-statement approach: present all components of profit or loss and OCI within one statement.
  • Both formats are acceptable in general-purpose financial statements.

Sources of Income

  • Sales of merchandise (net sales) for merchandising/manufacturing businesses.
  • Rendering of services for service-based businesses (reported as revenue).
  • Use of entity resources, e.g., rent, interest, royalties, investment income.
  • Disposal of resources, e.g., gain from selling assets not part of inventory.

Components of Expenses

  • Cost of goods sold (COGS) or cost of sales.
  • Distribution/selling expenses (e.g., advertising, store rent).
  • Administrative expenses (e.g., salaries of management and accountants).
  • Other expenses (e.g., losses from asset sales not part of operations).
  • Finance costs (interest, bank charges).
  • Income tax expense.

Forms of Expense Presentation

  • Functional presentation classifies expenses by function (COGS, selling, admin, finance).
  • Natural presentation groups expenses by nature (e.g., salaries, depreciation) without splitting by function.

Common Line Items in Comprehensive Income Statement

  • Revenue and other income.
  • Gains/losses from recognition or reclassification of financial assets.
  • Finance costs (e.g., interest).
  • Share of income/loss from associates and joint ventures (equity method).
  • Income tax expense.
  • Single amount for discontinued operations.
  • Profit or loss for the period.
  • OCI and total comprehensive income.

Required Disclosures

  • Disclose profit or loss attributable to non-controlling interests and owners of the parent.
  • Disclose total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests and owners of the parent.

Key Terms & Definitions

  • Comprehensive Income — Change in equity not caused by owner transactions.
  • Profit or Loss — Income minus expenses for the period, excluding OCI.
  • Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) — Income/expenses for the period not recognized in profit or loss.
  • Functional Presentation — Expenses classified by business function.
  • Natural Presentation — Expenses grouped by type/nature.
  • Non-controlling Interest — Share of equity in a subsidiary not owned by the parent company.

Action Items / Next Steps

  • Review sample problems on comprehensive income statement preparation.
  • Watch suggested video lectures for further examples and discussion.