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The commission that the agent receives is usually a percentage of this figure, although some firms like Merrill Lynch use figures called Production Credits, usually smaller than GDC, to determine payouts and retain more revenue. For example, a mutual fund with a 5.75% sales charge is sold to someone who invests $10,000.
Gross proceeds are the total amount that the seller receives from the sale of the home. Net proceeds are the amount that the seller pockets after paying the mortgage balance and various closing costs.
The phrase "except as otherwise provided in this subtitle" generally refers to the items of income that are excluded from "gross income" under Internal Revenue Code provisions such as sections 101 through 140. For example, § 101 excludes certain life insurance proceeds received by reason of the death of the insured.
Where applicable, the cost of goods sold or cost of operations figure is subtracted from the gross income to yield the gross profit. All expenses other than the COGS or COO are subsequently subtracted from the gross profit to yield the profit or income – or, if a negative number, the net loss (usually written in parentheses).
A professional investor contemplating a change to the capital structure of a firm (e.g., through a leveraged buyout) first evaluates a firm's fundamental earnings potential (reflected by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and EBIT), and then determines the optimal use of debt versus equity (equity value).
Sale proceeds being used to pay non-qualified expenses. For example, service costs at closing which are not closing expenses. If proceeds from the sale are used to service non-transaction costs at closing, the result is the same as if the taxpayer had received cash from the exchange, and then used the cash to pay these costs.
The investor must still pay tax annually on his or her dividend income, whether it is received as cash or reinvested. DRIPs allow the investment return from dividends to be immediately invested for the purpose of price appreciation and compounding, without incurring brokerage fees or waiting to accumulate enough cash for a full share of stock ...
In Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis, where it simplifies calculation of net income and, especially, break-even analysis.. Given the contribution margin, a manager can easily compute breakeven and target income sales, and make better decisions about whether to add or subtract a product line, about how to price a product or service, and about how to structure sales commissions or bonuses.