Abstract
Although the Statement of Profit Loss and Other Comprehensive Income has been used in the world for 24 years and in our country for 11 years, there is no indication that the value of this statement is adequately understood by stakeholders. On the other hand, the period for giving opinion about the national accounting standard, includes principles about this statement and refers to IASB standards, has been expired. In order to evaluate the firm performance and for forecasting the future performance, earnings, involving comprehensive income, is the significant instrument to communicate with their stakeholders. This study was carried out to determine how the comprehensive income statement, which includes qualitative and quantitative characteristics of earnings, can be used in determining the components of the earnings. Due to enough study about reporting principles of comprehensive income, this study does not include these subjects. Therefore, while we participate in the discussions on the name of this statement, this subject will not be discussed again in this study but will be presented as literature review.