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Your turnover is the total amount your business recorded or invoiced as a sale during a specific period of time, minus any discounts or VAT. For instance, “our turnover last month was £1 million”, means the business invoiced one million pounds for products or services provided in that period. You might also hear it referred to as your income or gross revenue.
Like most types of financial reporting, tracking turnover is important because it can help you identify trends across a particular time period, which is useful for future planning. Reviewing your turnover also allows you to:
Turnover is a useful figure to look at, but comparing it to your profits is one of the golden rules of financial management.
Making lots of sales and having a very high turnover is one thing, but if this is matched by very high costs then the business is only making enough money to stand still, rather than grow.
Your profit and loss statements show how much the business has left over once its expenses are deducted from the income it makes. Comparing this to your turnover figures can help you identify areas that may need more attention to operate more efficiently.
The way that you work out your business’s turnover depends on which type of accounting method you use.
A business wants to know its turnover for February. It uses the traditional accrual accounting method.
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