Dear
Please explain what is "retained earnings" . I am using quick books pro 2002, and I am new in this software and don't have much experience.I would like to know what is retained earnings.Please answer
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Sunil.c

Retained earning is a balance sheet account and is presented in the equity section.
Retained earnings is an account that accumulates or the revenues and expenses from the day of establishment of the company.
Assume than a company was established in January 2007 and during the year 2007 net income for the company was 100,000 USD. At the end of the accounting period the net income will be closed to retained earnings (Debit net income and credit retained earnings) you should debit all revenue accounts and credit all expense accounts and close them to retained earnings.

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Simply put, retained earnings is the profit at the end of a year, where all expenses are subtracted from revenue. Retained earnings is exactly what it is labelled: earnings that are retained in the business.

Could someone explain why my retained earnings are in a huge negative? Is is that my expenses are too high and I am borrowing to pay them?

The retained earnings became negative because you had incurred the loss for that period or earlier. So inorder to overcome this in the next period what you need to do you is that you need to carefully analyse all expense you need the keep more margin on sales or service. So if you are able to control your expense and increase your margin in the sales/ services you will be able to make profit . So this profit will subsequently make positive impact on your Retained loss.

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Anas Mohammed