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Answer in One Sentence:

What is Net Profit?

What is meant by net profit?

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Solution 1

When the total of credit side of Profit and Loss Account (indirect incomes side) is greater than the debit side of Profit and Loss Account (indirect expenses side), it is known as Net Profit [Credit balance of Profit and Loss A/c].

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Solution 2

  1. After debiting indirect expenses and losses and crediting all indirect incomes and gains, if the total of the credit side of the profit and loss account exceeds the debit side, the difference is termed as net profit.
  2. On the other hand, if the total in the debit side exceeds the credit side, the difference is termed as net loss. Net profit or net loss is transferred to the capital account.
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