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# In relation to a UK firm, its profits available for distribution to ordinary shareholders.  Also known as Net Profit.
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# In relation to firms more generally, their profits.
 
# In relation to individuals, their earned income, for example salary.  Distinguished from their investment income and their capital gains.  This distinction is important in relation to individual taxation and in relation to pensions.
In relation to a UK firm, its profits available for distribution to ordinary shareholders.  Also known as Net Profit.
 
 
2.
 
In relation to firms more generally, their profits.
 
 
3.
 
In relation to individuals, their earned income, for example salary.  Distinguished from their investment income and their capital gains.  This distinction is important in relation to individual taxation, and in relation to pensions.
 


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Earnings multiples]]
* [[Earnings multiples]]
* [[EBIT]]
* [[EBIT]]
* [[EBITDA]]
* [[Lower earnings limit]]
* [[Lower earnings limit]]
* [[Multiples valuation]]
* [[Multiples valuation]]

Revision as of 15:28, 13 May 2016

1.

In relation to a UK firm, its profits available for distribution to ordinary shareholders. Also known as Net Profit.


2.

In relation to firms more generally, their profits.


3.

In relation to individuals, their earned income, for example salary. Distinguished from their investment income and their capital gains. This distinction is important in relation to individual taxation, and in relation to pensions.


See also