If you sell at a gain, the profit pops into AGI and poisons your financial aid application.
The government also said it will impose a 20% capital gain tax on profit made from home sales.
Likewise, he argues, many firms sacrifice profit to gain share in new markets look no further than whichever Internet firm is the investors' darling this week.
Companies need to squeeze costs so they can reach more customers, and accept thin profit margins to gain volume.
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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It may make economic sense to pay more for a new car, furnace or solar panel that will save money and energy in the long run, but it is hard--for both individuals and companies--to sacrifice current profit for future gain.
The encouraging result was a modest profit and a net gain to the taxman.
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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.
For many the goal is material gain, but by no means is profit our only motive.
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.
However, since VC partnerships mostly make long-term equity investments, most of their profit is long-term capital gain.
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.
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).
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%.
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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Similarly, for a short position that has become very profitable, you may move your stop-buy order from loss to the profit zone in order to protect your gain.
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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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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The company benefited from the boost in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 64%, marking the biggest gain.
On the other end, Google is basically giving away the OS to gain presence, so it is certainly not playing a profit margin game!
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).
Legislators are hearing from hedge fund lobbyists and others who profit as these unregulated, high risk investment products gain acceptance.
Although profit was down, backing out a one-time gain from the year-ago figures reverses that result.
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The company benefited from the boost in the second quarter when profit swelled 64.6%, marking the biggest gain.
The gain came after the company managed to post a fourth-quarter profit despite the impact of Superstorm Sandy.
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The company benefited from the boost in the most recent quarter when profit swelled 35.3%, marking the biggest gain.
The company benefited from the boost in the most recent quarter when profit swelled 40.7%, marking the biggest gain.
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