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Negative Retained Earnings The term "Retained Earnings" is generally used to describe that portion of stockholders equity derived from profits. (An older term, no longer generally in use, is "Earned Surplus".) Retained e...
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If you're looking at the balance sheet for the annual report, it is possible to have negative retained earnings because their expenses are greater than the revenue. Essentially, R/E is just an account to tie your trial balance to your incom...
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Earnings are just that. They are "profit" Unspent profit is retained earnings. If Retained Earnings is negative, that means, for the period covered, the business went in the hole. It doesn't necessarily mean they borrowed, they mo...
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If you had net losses in prior years, that would create a negative balance in retained earnings.
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Retained earnings is an accounting term that means that the amount of money you though you earned, was not all truly yours. It's your net income minus the percentage "retained" by your employer. Look here for more information: en....
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I agree with above in general. Or think this through....If the negative RE were financed by a bank loan for example, you would then have foregiveness of debt income when you wiped the loan off the books which would true up the RE and a NO...
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Retained earnings are the profits of a company, less the dividends that are paid out to people that hold shares of the company. The left over money is passed on, year to year. For more information see here: http://answers.yahoo.com/questi...
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In other words, profit is the money a business makes after accounting for all the expenses. Profit is the goal of every company
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One that accompanies the balance sheet and shows the beginning balance of retained earnings, adjustments to it during the year, and the final balance. An illustrative statement format follows: Retained Earnings-1/1 Unadjusted Plus or Minus:...
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Also called retention ratio or retained surplus, it is the percentage of net earnings not paid out as dividends but retained by the company to be reinvested in its core business or to pay debt. It is recorded under shareholders' equity on t...
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