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Questions tagged [income]

Questions related to the earning of money (or other capital) within a specified time frame. Topics such as methods to increase income, account for it, track it, analyze it, or disclose it are all appropriate, but discussions of income tax should use that tag instead.

Income is the consumption and savings opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms.

Source: Wikipedia

Note: The entity may be a person, family, corporation, or country as these can be taken from various perspectives. In the first couple of cases this is generally about salary, savings and investments that provide the resources for a person or family to live. On the corporate side, income is part of the accounting that is done.

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What does it mean for Bill Gates to have an income of $0 dollars? What word would have been more appropriate than "income" is?

What does it mean for Bill Gates to have an income of $0? I recently engaged in a friendly Twitter debate about limiting personal income. Someone told me that Bill Gates has an income of $0. You realize that most of the super-risk [sic] founders…
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What ways are there for us to earn a little extra side money?

I have done all the cost-cutting that my family can allow. It is still not enough - I spend more than I earn. This is killing the credit card and is going to be bad news for us unless we can sort this out! I am a programmer during the day, my…
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Is the Net Profit the 'final word' on a company's health?

Does a company's net profit always reflect whether a company was administered well or poorly? Is possible for a company to have operational problems, or financial, or legal, or whatever, and continue to make a positive and growing net profit? In…
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What is the fastest way to retire, using passive income on real estate

Personal Stats: Yearly income ~$53,000, monthly expenses about $800, and about $10,000 saved up. I live in South Texas, USA. Using Real Estate as a preferred way of passive income, what is the max amount of dollars in loans I should take out as a…
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What can I know about my money based on this table?

I have a Google Sheet that looks like this (just an example, not actual data) Date | Spent | Earned | Category 07.03.15 | $15 | | lunch 07.03.15 | | $100 | sell So it is very basic stuff. But this is the first time I got…
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I was going on vacation before the furlough day

We have to take a furlough day at my agency. Before the agency setup the date, I requested vacation and it was approved. Should I get paid for it since it was long before the date set.
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Payout and get paid from companies through an invoice

For a project I am working on we have some companies sell their products through the system I made. They can sell items online and people can order them online but they have the option to pay for it online or in the store with cash. They will have…
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What are some things you can own that generate income?

If you rent a four bedroom apartment, you can earn income renting out each of the rooms. What are some other things that you can buy for a relatively low cost from which one can earn income?
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Why do people still do traditional jobs to earn money?

If PweDiePie earns $500000 per month, why do people still in 2020 do demanding/draining/volatile corporate jobs, life-threatening military/spy/mercenary jobs, horrible teaching jobs, and so on to earn money? if there are ways to earn money by not…
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