Income Statement – A financial statement that is one of the three important financial statements used for reporting a company’s financial performance over a specific accounting period, with the other two key statements being the balance sheet and the statement of cash flows. The income statement primarily focuses on the company’s revenues and expenses during a particular period. Also known as the profit and loss statement, P&L, or the statement of revenue and expense.
In the Delta Business Bite Snippet Ruth Urban talks about the income statement: