The encouraging result was a modest profit and a net gain to the taxman.
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If you sell at a gain, the profit pops into AGI and poisons your financial aid application.
Since you've held both lots for more than a year, any profit is a long-term capital gain, taxed at a current top rate of 15%.
PepsiCo reported a 20% profit drop from a one-time earnings gain last year, however first-quarter adjusted earnings came in ahead of expectations.
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Jewelry-maker Tiffany reported a gain in revenue and in profit for its third quarter, as sales to tourists in its New York flagship and sales growth in China helped the company to move higher inventories.
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The government also said it will impose a 20% capital gain tax on profit made from home sales.
After all, their own money is not at risk--it's a fee. (By contrast, when they invest their own money in the funds, the profit is obviously a capital gain.) Let's be honest: It is a charade that private equity firms have claimed their 20% performance fees at the lower capital gains rate.
On the other end, Google is basically giving away the OS to gain presence, so it is certainly not playing a profit margin game!
Its 31% increase in net income in the fourth quarter resulted primarily from higher operating profit, a pre-tax gain for the sale of its 18% ownership in the Game Show Network, and a lower effective tax rate.
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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (King James Bible, Mark 8:36).
That gives investors who jumped on board after the initial offer the chance to sell at a gain and raises the prospect of an even larger profit.
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General Electric topped both sales and profit expectations, showing a 21% gain in earnings per share on a 4% decrease in revenues, associated mainly with selling its NBC Universal unit to Comcast.
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The gain came after the company managed to post a fourth-quarter profit despite the impact of Superstorm Sandy.
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Although profit was down, backing out a one-time gain from the year-ago figures reverses that result.
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The long departed Mr Nowrajee understood that while Hong Kong might gain its vitality from the ruthless pursuit of profit, it was also a place of spiritual questing and romantic longing.
Still, Vertex shares are down 11% for the month on profit-taking, although the stock has notched a 34% gain over the past 12 months.
It looks like Big Data is a great opportunity for IBM to use its capabilities to profit while helping organizations gain meaningful insight that can boost their market share.
And carried interest is a share of each kind of profit: it can be long-term gain, dividends, short-term gain, or interest (the last two are taxed the same way as wage income).
When the partnership makes a profit from its investments, under the law it is treated as a capital gain, and currently the long term capital gains tax rate is significantly lower than the rate on wages.
Samsung might gain a little on Apple after releasing its Galaxy S4, likely in March, and Apple might grow its own profit share if it ever releases a cheaper iPhone.
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