But that has all changed. Venice is now more than just a beach town, more than just a tourist attraction. Venice is a brand. Or as Ernest, a man I met outside the Oakwood Community Center (he smoked a hand-rolled cigarette and declined to give me his last name), puts it: This used to be a community.
The retained earnings general ledger account is adjusted every time a journal entry is made to a revenue or expense account. Retained Earnings. Retained earnings are reported at the end of an accounting period as the accumulated amount of a company's prior earnings, net of dividends. They can show a positive earnings accumulation or can turn negative and have a deficit if a current period's net loss exceeds the period's beginning retained earnings.
Profits of an LLC are generally distributed to the shareholders in the same fashion as a general partnership. Any profits that are not distributed at the end of the LLC's tax year are considered retained earnings. The IRS has specific rules that pertain to the tax treatment of excess retained earnings. Once retained earnings hit a certain threshold, the excess accumulation can be taxed unless the corporation can justify the accumulation. How Retained Earnings Works Like a partnership, an LLC records its income and expenses and then passes the net profit or loss to the individual shareholders based on the shareholders percentage of stock ownership.