income
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle income by source, period, gross or net, and tax, give factual information only, and signpost tax and benefit advice.
Financial gain, earned or unearned, accruing to a person or organisation over a period, such as wages, profits, interest, rent or benefits; net income is after deductions.
What it is for: Living, planning, taxation and statistics.
It can be earn and receive it; report it for tax; calculate net income; compare incomes with statistics.
Distinguishing features
Gain over a period
Gross versus net
Earned and unearned sources
Taxed under income tax rules
What it looks like
Payslips, bank statements, tax returns and accounts.
How it is recognised
Gross and net amounts
Period labels such as per month or per year
Income types on tax forms
Related models
is taxed by - income tax
is expressed as - amount
is paid as - transfer
is studied by - statistics
In practice
Families and kinds
earned income: wages and self-employment
investment income
rental income
benefits and transfers
disposable income
Standards and regulation
Income tax law
Employment and minimum wage law
Official statistics definitions of household income
Failure modes and hazards
Mixing gross and net
Wrong period
Personal tax advice without qualification
Analytical facets
- substance
- social
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Amount How much.
Amounts need basis and period.
Figure
Gross or net.
Figure
Income figure.
- Is the figure gross or net, and for what period? definition
- In which currency? definition
Sources
Types.
Sources
Income sources.
- What are the sources of income? definition
- Which are taxable? boundary
Tax Taxation.
Tax changes net income.
Rules
Income tax.
Tax rules
Tax rules.
- Which tax rules apply? provenance
- What allowances exist? provenance
Advice
Where to get help.
Advice
Help sources.
- Where can the person get reliable tax advice? action
- Is this a question the agent should not answer personally? boundary
Statistics Comparisons.
Comparisons need definitions.
Distribution
Median and quantiles.
Distribution
Income distribution.
- What is the median income, from which source and year? measurement
- How is income defined? definition
Inequality
Measures.
Inequality
Inequality measures.
- What does the Gini coefficient show? measurement
- Before or after taxes and transfers? boundary
Support Low income.
Support exists for low incomes.
Benefits
Entitlements.
Benefits
Benefit entitlement.
- Which benefits may the person be entitled to? action
- Where can they check? action
Scams
Fake income offers.
Scams
Scam warnings.
- Does this income offer show scam signs? boundary
- Where to report? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should income types be separate entries?
- How should agents signpost tax advice?
- How should income statistics be linked?