Moving from a project-based model to a retainer model, where you are paid acertainsum each month for a set amount of work, makes business more predictable and less ofa soul-sapping emotional roller coaster.
If this were all there were to it then some sumof money would be offered, after acertain amount of haggling a deal would be reached and the rights would be purchased by Apple.
Some health insurance plans will reimburse you a preset sum towards your gym membership fee if you log acertain number of visits in a six-month period.
To illustrate, if a taxpayer owns an interest in an S corporation that earns acertain amount in income and distributes half the sum to the taxpayer, the taxpayer would include the amount in his calculation of the NII sum if he does not materially participate in the S corporation.