But that has all changed. Venice is now more than just a beach town, more than just a tourist attraction. Venice is a brand. Or as Ernest, a man I met outside the Oakwood Community Center (he smoked a hand-rolled cigarette and declined to give me his last name), puts it: This used to be a community.
The retained earnings general ledger account is adjusted every time a journal entry is made to a revenue or expense account. Retained Earnings. Retained earnings are reported at the end of an accounting period as the accumulated amount of a company's prior earnings, net of dividends. They can show a positive earnings accumulation or can turn negative and have a deficit if a current period's net loss exceeds the period's beginning retained earnings.
Statement of Retained Earnings. The amount of net income which is left in a business after the distribution dividends or withdrawls by owner is called retained earnings. The financial statement which calculates the balance of retained earnings at the end of the period is called the statement of retained earnings. It is very similar to the statement of changes in equity however it only shows how retained earnings changed during the period. As obvious from the above formula, the basic elements of a statement of retained earnings are: Beginning balance of retained earnings.