The remainder is often corporations that use their after-tax profits to make capital expenditures.
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Companies have reported an average increase in after-tax profits last year of 12%.
For the first quarter of this year, the level of after-tax profits of non-financial companies is now more than 20% lower than originally reported.
If corporate tax rates fall, it will immediately increase corporate after-tax profits in the U.S., and this should make stocks more attractive to all investors.
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Tax forum shopping is becoming something of a trend these days with athletes in particular hopping from venue to venue in an effort to maximize their after-tax profits.
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Boeing's after-tax profits were dragged down by the reversion of its effective tax rate from a favourable 27% of earnings in 2011 to a more normal 34% last year.
Other things being equal, the value of an option in a company that retains all its after-tax profits is considerably greater than in one that makes a meaningful distribution.
This is a company with off balance sheet debt that is over 60% of its net assets, write-downs that are over 25% of net assets, and after-tax profits that have been declining.
The report shows that after-tax profits for top tier businesses have risen 26.5% from this time last year, a rapid turnaround that can be attributed to more efficient, effective, and streamlined operations.
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Our model takes current after-tax corporate profits and divides by our best estimate of fundamental interest rates.
The latest figures also showed that after-tax corporate profits unexpectedly rose by 1.1%.
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Dundee-based ATM advertising firm i-design has reported "encouraging" opportunities for growth after posting first-half pre-tax profits.
On Wednesday, the company said it expected growth in earnings per share - profits after tax divided by the number of shares in circulation - to fall to single digits next year, down from 13% during the latest three month period.
Now, take Non-Financial Corporate profits after tax and multiple by 2.
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