Dr Kynes
Well-Known Member
Profits are after taxes. Not before. Maybe that was your dad's problem. He didnt pay his taxes.
Oh it was. Never mind
WRONG!!
"profits" are your monies left over after expenses.
taxes are laid against those monies, after expenses, but they call it "income"
the "income" that the IRS taxes IS your "profits", so the IRS leaves your profits that much smaller.
the IRS has so fucked up the language that you cant even tell whats what any more.
if taxes were an "expense" they would be charged on your gross, or would be constant, like fees or licenses.
thats why your "profits" are always either Pre-Tax or After-Tax.
just like your "income" from a payroll check, the IRS has decided that you have a "personal deduction" of $3,900.00 thats how much they assert your living expenses for the year are, and everything after that is "taxable income" or "profit" from your business of "selling your labour commodity"
thats right. your living expenses are set at a uniform $3,900 for 2013. only by filing the extra long extended form and demonstrating other "Allowable" expenditures (food fuel shelter clothing education etc are NOT "Allowable") can you claim additional expenses.
lol.