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The income summary account is an intermediate point at which revenue and expense totals are accumulated before the resulting profit or loss passes through to the retained earnings account. However, it can provide a useful audit trail, showing how these aggregate amounts were passed through to retained earnings. In partnerships, a compound entry transfers each […]