Sentence:  The ability to shift <WSD>profits</WSD> to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. [...] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate [...] “stateless income”: <WSD>profit</WSD> subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.