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Statement of comprehensive income meaning

What does Statement of comprehensive income mean?
In practice, the statement of comprehensive income is the financial statement that bridges the profit or loss reported in the profit and loss account to the entity’s total comprehensive income for the period. It shows “other comprehensive income” (OCI)—gains and losses that standards require to be recognised outside profit or loss, such as revaluation surpluses, actuarial remeasurements on defined benefit schemes, cash flow hedge reserves and certain foreign currency translation differences. The term is not defined in legislation or case law. Its content and presentation are set by accounting standards: IAS 1 under IFRS and FRS 102 under UK and Irish GAAP. Both frameworks permit either a single “statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income” or two statements (an income statement and a separate statement of comprehensive income). Under FRS 102, small companies applying Section 1A are not required to present a statement of comprehensive income but are encouraged to do so where material OCI arises. For legal work (e.g., covenants, dividends, M&A and insolvency analysis), note that OCI affects equity but typically does not create distributable profits. Usage and requirements are broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
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