Revenue
In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and services related to the primary operations of the business.This is to be contrasted with the "bottom line" which denotes net income (gross revenues minus total expenses).[3] In general usage, revenue is the total amount of income by the sale of goods or services related to the company's operations.Business revenue is money income from activities that are ordinary for a particular corporation, company, partnership, or sole-proprietorship.While the current IFRS conceptual framework[7] no longer draws a distinction between revenue and gains, it continues to be drawn at the standard and reporting levels.Net income is the result of this equation, but revenue typically enjoys equal attention during a standard earnings call.There is a question as to whether using generic business-based accounting standards can give a fair and accurate picture of government accounts, in that with a monetary policy statement to the reserve bank directing a positive inflation rate, the expense provision for the return of currency to the reserve bank is largely symbolic, such that to totally cancel the currency in circulation provision, all currency would have to be returned to the reserve bank and canceled.