Other comprehensive income
AccountingAlso called: OCI
Gains and losses that Ind AS routes directly into reserves, presented below net profit and excluded from earnings per share.
In plain terms
The half of the year earnings per share never sees. It still lands in equity, so return on equity can improve on an entirely unchanged business simply because a large OCI loss shrank the denominator.
Read the full lesson →Reclassification adjustment
AccountingAlso called: Recycling
The transfer of an amount previously recognised in other comprehensive income into profit or loss when a specified event occurs.
In plain terms
The dividing line the OCI section is organised around. Gratuity remeasurements and revaluation surplus never come back; a translation or hedge reserve is only parked, waiting for a disposal or settlement date the business does not choose.
Read the full lesson →Total comprehensive income
AccountingNet profit plus other comprehensive income — the final line of the statement of profit and loss.
In plain terms
The number that actually reconciles to the change in equity. If it sits close to net profit, nothing here needs your attention; if the two diverge by hundreds of crore, the profit line is half the year.
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