The Income metric reflects the total revenue generated by a business during a specific period, including sales, services, and other sources of income.
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Income is the total amount of money a business generates through its core operations and activities during a specific time frame. It’s the money an organization makes from the sale of goods, provision of services, royalties, dividends, or any other business activities.
There are two types of income – gross income and net income.
Depending on which one you want to calculate, we need to use different formulas.
Gross income refers to the total revenue a business earns before deducting any expenses or taxes. It’s the initial inflow of funds generated solely from the primary business activities.
The formula for gross income is straightforward:
Gross Income = Total Revenue
Net income, on the other hand, is the residual amount that the business has after deducting all expenses, from the total revenue.
The formula for net income is:
Net Income = Total Revenue – Total Expenses
Here’s an example – let’s say that a company generated this revenue during a year:
When we sum these up, the total revenue amounts to $165,000, which is also the company’s gross profit.
Now, let’s say that it had these expenses during that same year:
The total expenses amount is $107,000.
Using the formula above, we find that the net income is $58,000.
As the lifeblood of modern business, increasing your company’s income is a primary goal. After all, you can only further fuel expansion, invest in innovation, establish healthy growth, and improve overall financial performance by generating more money. Now, while there are dozens of effective strategies businesses can use to boost their income, we compiled a list of tips that hundreds of leading industry experts we surveyed frequently use.
These strategies include:
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