exceptional items

exceptional items
Costs or income affecting a company's profit and loss account that arise from the normal activities of the company but are of exceptional magnitude, either large or small. Unlike extraordinary items they are included in the calculation of the normal trading profit or loss. The rules are set out in Financial Reporting Standard 3.

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  • exceptional item — Items in the profit and loss account, derived from within the ordinary activities of the company that are not expected to occur regularly. They are typically profits or losses recorded by selling businesses, or charges incurred in closing… …   Law dictionary

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  • extraordinary items — Accounting income, gains, expenses, or losses resulting from transactions or events that are both unusual in their nature and infrequent in their occurrence. The GAAP requirements for defining something as extraordinary are strict. The exact… …   Financial and business terms

  • extraordinary items — Costs or income affecting a company s profit and loss account that do not derive from the ordinary activities of the company, are not expected to recur, and, if undisclosed, would distort the normal trend of profits. Such items are therefore… …   Accounting dictionary

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