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Windfall profits tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Windfall gain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A windfall gain (or windfall profit ) is any type of income that is unexpected. The list of windfall gains includes, but is not limited to: •Lottery winnings •Unexpected inheritance •Gains from de...
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It started as a joke. But Linda Katz's tumbleweed on-the-Web startup isn't just in Kansas anymore ; ... For labor, Katz uses her five nieces and nephews (aged 11 to 19) to help collect the stuff, and she gives them a share of the profits.
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Windfall or supernormal profits are any profits in excess of normal profit and are above and beyond that necessary to keep entrepreneurial resources in their current usage. However, windfall profits are a vital component to a smoothly operating economy.
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These large corporate income-tax payments by oil companies undermine the case for a windfall profits tax, but that does not stop some politicians from trying anyway.
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Here's a summary of some of the recent discussion about the proposal of a tax on the windfall profits of oil producers. ... The Liberal Order agrees that the windfall profits tax is a real turkey. Altig's earlier and subsequent posts on this topic include links to much of what's been said elsewhere in the blogosphere.
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