This discussion clarifies the accounting treatment of expenses. While incurring an expense means losing money and potential income, only an 'actual loss' is recognised in accounting. An actual loss is defined as when expenditure exceeds income, representing a reduction in what you actually possess. Potential income, however, is not considered an actual loss as it hasn't been earned.
10 November 2022
when we do expenses we lose that money as well as the potential income that we could have earned but why do we don't consider that potential income as loss in accounting