Income statement structure: an interactive waterfall of the trading business income statement, one row per line

Gross profit is not the ceiling on net profit

The Income Statement for a trading business runs in one fixed order: revenue, less cost of goods sold, adjusted for the inventory count, then every other revenue added and every other expense deducted. One of those steps goes up, not down. Move through the stages and watch each subtotal shrink or grow, then raise other revenue and watch whether net profit climbs past gross profit.

Income statement waterfall Revenue $192 000

Move through the stages. Raise other revenue. Switch the inventory count to a gain.

Revenue $192 000 = sales − sales returns
Statement stageRevenue
Rev GP Adj. GP + Other Net
Other revenue$6 000
$0 $30 000 $60 000
Inventory count result
Running total at this stage $192 000
Net profit less gross profit −$49 000
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The statement has no operating profit line: gross profit is adjusted for inventory loss or gain, then other revenue is added and other expenses deducted to reach net profit.