### possession | sum | income | profit:

Corporate profit
* are so strong that there is less dependence on the debt market for borrowing
  - subject to personal income taxation
* come at the expense of human needs and the security of the global environment.
* consist of corporate income taxes, dividends and retained earnings.
* dominate the income share attributable to capital.
* drive stock prices and corporations have been getting serious about business.
* is the overriding objective of managed care.

Economic profit
* goes by many different names.
* is the amount by which accounting profit exceeds normal profit
  - reward for the entrepreneur
* measures the change in shareholder value for a given level of revenues.

### possession | sum | income | profit:

Gross profit
* are the primary source of funds the company has to pay expenses.
* is calculated by subtracting cost of goods sold from net sales
  - equal to revenues minus costs of goods sold or costs of services provided
  - measured two ways and is also commonly referred to as gross margin
* is net incomes
  - revenue less cost of sales
  - profits
  - revenues less cost of revenues
  - sales less cost of goods sold
* is the difference between revenues and costs
  - sum of all profit centers' gross margins added together
  - what is taken in before fixed overhead is taken into account
* represents revenue less variable project costs and associated direct labor.

High profit
* are often the driving force behind privatisation
  - the most important goal of companies
  - what investors demand to compensate for risky bets on medical research
* is the name of the game in business.

True profit
* is measured in the increased quality of life of all parties concerned.
* lies in caring about other people.

Real income
* are higher and have been growing faster in the United States on average.
* is one of the key determinants of household food consumption.
* rise and generate increased demand and production.

Rental income
* are incomes.
* is an income
  - countable income
  - unearned income unless the individual is in the business of renting properties

Taxable income
* comprises gross income less the costs of earning, securing and maintaining it.
* is calculated based on gross income less non taxable income.
* is income after appropriate exemptions and deductions are taken
  - less deductions and personal exemptions
* is the amount after exemptions and deductions are subtracted
  - to which the tax rates are applied
  - total income after making various deductions
  - total income minus savings and investments minus a threshold income

Unearned income
* are incomes.
* includes income from investments, dividends, capital gains, and trust distributions
  - interest, dividends, capital gains and other earnings from investents
  - counted when it is actually or constructively received
  - interest, dividends and other income from investments

### possession:

Tax
* is an arithmetic calculation
  - calculated by multiplying net income by a flat rate
  - direct tax
  - due on charges for calculating premiums, reserves, rates, refunds, dividends, or benefits
  - essential for viral replication
  - how government is paid for in most countries
  - imposed by tax return or withholding
  - linked to the dollar equivalent of the minimum monthly salary in Turkmenistan
* is the government instrument to finance itself and to redistribute richness
  - main source of public financial strength enabling public investments and public goods
  - money for protection, as mentioned earlier
* public policy tool.
* symptom of a disease in the society.
* transcriptionally deregulates a wide variety of viral and cellular genes.
+ Government, The history and the theory of government:
  * Tax is how government is paid for in most countries. People who buy, sell, import, invest, own a house or land, or earn money are made to pay some of the money to a government.