The traditional and contribution margin income statements both communicate a company's revenues, expenses and profits or losses for an accounting period. The top line is revenue and the bottom line is ...

The contribution income statement, also known as the contribution margin income statement, measures costs based on the functional area or segment of a business. This is different from a traditional ...

Traditional and contribution margin income statements provide a detailed picture of a company's finances for a given period of time. While both serve the purpose of showing whether a company has a net ...