earnings

earnings
Income. That which is earned; i.e., money earned from performance of labor, services, sale of goods, etc. Revenue earned by an individual or business. Earnings generally include but are not limited to: salaries and wages, interest and dividends, and income from self-employment. Term is broader in meaning than "wages."
See also commissions
- real earnings
Gross earnings. Total income from all sources without considering deductions, personal exemptions, or other reductions of income in order to arrive at taxable income.
See also gross income.
@ net earnings
Net earnings (income) is the excess of gross income over expenses incurred in connection with the production of such income. For tax purposes, net earnings is the number used to determine taxable income. For accounting purposes, net earnings is generally determined after deduction of income taxes.
See also net income.
@ surplus earnings
@ earnings and profits
A tax concept peculiar to corporate taxpayers which measures economic capacity to make a distribution to shareholders that is not a return of capital. Such a distribution will result in dividend income to the shareholders to the extent of the corporation's current and accumulated earnings and profits.
@ earnings per share
One common measure of the value of common stock. The figure is computed by dividing the net earnings for the year (after interest and prior dividends) by the number of shares of common stock outstanding
@ earnings report
Businesses' statement of profit and loss; commonly issued quarterly by publically-held companies
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