The congressional oversight means that the Congress, that is the legislative branch of the government has the right to check on the work of the executive branch, mostly the president. It is actually not implemented very often, ans is considered a last resort method, for example when the president is impeached (the last impeachment was of Bill Clinton)
To prepare an income statement, you will need to generate a trial balance report, calculate your revenue, determine the cost of goods sold, calculate the gross margin, include operating expenses, calculate your income, include income taxes, calculate net income and lastly finalize your income statement with business details and the reporting period.
If you can't find the time to make one from scratch, there are templates that can be used to help.
gross margin : the amount of money a company retains after incurring the direct costs associated with producing the goods it sells and the services it provides.
net income : net earnings, is calculated as sales minus cost of goods sold, selling, general and administrative expenses, operating expenses, depreciation, interest, taxes, and other expenses.
To record the write-off of receivables:
Allowance for doubtful accounts ----------------------------$24,000
Accounts Receivable -----------------------------------------------$24,000
To record the accounts receivable collected from the written-off receivable, first restore the accounts receivable with the following entry:
Accounts Receivable ------------------------------------------$1,900
Allowance for doubtful accounts ------------------------------$1,900
To record the collection of accounts receivable:
Cash -----------------------------------------------------------------$1,900
Accounts Receivable ----------------------------------------------$1,900
Or, the direct journal entry to record the collection of previously written-off accounts receivable is:
Cash ---------------------------------------------------------------$1,900
Allowance for doubtful accounts ------------------------------$1,900
The demand for a product or service would likely decrease as price increases as far as the classic downward-sloping demand curve is concerned. In addition, this specific type of demand curve characterises increase of consumer demand as the price significantly falls.
