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Doyle v. Mitchell Bros. Co., 247 U.S. 179 (1918), was a United States Supreme Court case defining gross income. The case held that gross income includes the gain on sale of assets, i.e., the proceeds less cost basis. An alternative theory that gross income should be the gross proceeds, and the cost basis should be allowed as a deduction, was ...
Gross Dealer Concession or GDC is the revenue to a brokerage firm when commissioned securities and insurance salespeople sell a product, whether it is an investment like stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, or insurance like life insurance or long term care insurance.
Let’s say a home is sold for $500,000. The seller’s costs to sell that home include a mortgage payoff balance of $300,000, real estate agent fees of $15,000, attorney fees of $1,000 and other ...
A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset. Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold of an item of such, but there are also other modes and metrics of compensation.
The amount exempt has varied by year. The exemption is phased out for individuals with gross income above certain amounts. [30] Gifts and inheritances. [31] However, a "gift" from an employer to an employee is considered compensation, and is generally included in gross income. Life insurance proceeds received by reason of the death of the ...
Buying a car can be a pricey affair and cause some sticker shock. As Consumer Reports noted, the average cost of new cars is now more than $48,000 -- up $6,000 from two years ago and $10,000 from...
Commissions: The average real estate commission is between 5 and 6 percent of the home’s sale price. So, if you sell your home for $400,000, you would likely pay commissions totaling somewhere ...
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.