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gross income n: all income derived from any source except for items specifically excluded by law◇ Section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code lists fifteen nonexclusive items that should be included in gross income. They are (1) compensation for services, including fringe benefits and commissions; (2) gross income derived from business; (3) gains derived from dealings in property; (4) interest; (5) rents; (6) royalties; (7) dividends; (8) alimony and separate maintenance payments; (9) annuities; (10) income from life insurance and contracts for endowment insurance; (11) pensions; (12) income from discharge of a debt; (13) distributive share of partnership gross income; (14) income received (as by an estate or heir) by reason of a person's death; and (15) income from an interest in an estate or trust.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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The total income of an individual or business from all sources, before subtracting adjustments, exemptions, or deductions allowed by tax law.Category: Personal Finance & Retirement → Money & Taxes for RetireesCategory: Personal Finance & Retirement → Taxes
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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The financial gains received by an individual or a business during a fiscal year.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The financial gains received by an individual or a business during a fiscal year.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.in calculating income tax, the income of an individual or business from all sources before deducting allowable expenses, which will result in net income.See also: income tax
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.