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minus-squareWraithPriest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIf they’ve paid to replace them, that’s a cost, not a profit.
minus-squaredisinterested_a_hole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m not sure what point you’re trying to make, but you’re wrong. Profit is logged against prior expenditure, so that would be the cost of acquiring and feeding the hens they had to destroy. The cost to replace those hens will be offset against the sale of eggs produced by the new hens. That will be how next year’s profit is calculated.
If they’ve paid to replace them, that’s a cost, not a profit.
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make, but you’re wrong.
Profit is logged against prior expenditure, so that would be the cost of acquiring and feeding the hens they had to destroy.
The cost to replace those hens will be offset against the sale of eggs produced by the new hens. That will be how next year’s profit is calculated.