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What is the difference between income and profit?

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Question added by Mohammad Ashi CFA CMA , Group Finance Manager , QOAD
Date Posted: 2015/10/20
Mayank Vajpai
by Mayank Vajpai , Business Ananlyst , Barclays Shared Services (P) Ltd.

Income is the revenue earned and

Profit is the surplus over and above the cost incurred in selling the product or service.

This communicates that the amounts are the remainder after expenses have been deducted. For example, a company's profit margin is often listed as the net profit margin

Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud
by Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud , Chartered Accountant # 10465 , Self-employed

profit is a positive net income

Tracy Lee Sutherland
by Tracy Lee Sutherland , Business Development Manager , Q8REALTOR

The difference between Income and Profit is as follows:  Income is the total sum of all your sales and Profit is the difference between your Income less your Expenses and tax liability.  Gross Profit would be your profit after cost of sales is deducted from your income (sales) and net profit would be Gross profit less expenses.

Sohail Lone
by Sohail Lone , Assistant Manager Audit , Deloitte - United Arab Emirates

No difference.Profit & Income is the same terminology.If a company has positive net income that means its profitable. To determine the profitability certain ratios could be used.Net Income is deducting COGS,TAXES,DEPRECIATION from Revenue .A negative of it means loss then business is at loss

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