He needs to set up a written budget.
budget
Budget
A plan of income and expenses is an approach to building income and paying down expenses. Many people maintain a plan for their income and expenses without realizing it.
A budget calculator is used for people to create a budget for themselves. All income is accounted for and then all expenses are taken from the income.
Sales - cost of goods sold = gross profit. - operating expenses(i.e marketing expenses and administrative expenses) = operating income. + other income - other expenses = income before tax - tax = net income/profit.
Travel expenses are expenses as all other normal business expenses and as all other business expenses are part of income statement traveling expenses are also part of income statement.
Figure out your income,List your expenses,Categorize your expenses,Determine if expenses are below income, and Reduce expenses in flexible categoris if nessecary.
Plan income and expenses.
Prepaid expenses are not part of income statements, in accrual accounting income and expenses are only shown in income statements when they are actually incurred.
All expenses comes in income statements same as sales promotion expenses are also shown in income statement.
Figure out your income,List your expenses,Categorize your expenses,Determine if expenses are below income, and Reduce expenses in flexible categoris if nessecary.
Income statement in financial reporting is different in this sense that in that income statement all expenses and incomes are shown as incomes and expenses and there is no classification of fixed expenses or variable expense while in contribution margin income statement expenses are shown in this way that separate the fixed expenses from variable portion of expenses.