Talk:Gross profit

Proposed merger
Regarding proposed merger of Gross income and Gross profit


 * Oppose. The concepts of gross income and gross profit are completely different. Merging the two would create needless confusion. Both articles probably need some work to clarify the concepts. "Gross income" as used in the article of that name is primarily a U.S. Federal income tax law (tax accounting) concept. "Gross profit" as used in the article of that name is primarily a financial accounting concept. Yours, Famspear 17:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Do not merge...who ever suggested it doesnt know what they are on about.
 * Oppose - Do not merge - these are 2 totally different concepts. Ndev23 02:07, 28 July 2007 (UTC)ndev23 July 27, 2007
 * Oppose - agreed, these are two separate concepts. Tiggerjay 11:01, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Confusion
I believe this article does not make it clear if there is any difference between indirect costs and fixed costs. They seem to be used interchangably at the end of the article. The wikipedia page for indirect costs redirects to fixed costs however that page says not all indirect costs are fixed costs.

Perhaps clarification in the article about whether indirect costs which are variable are included in calculating gross profit could clear things up.

I would have altered it myself, but I don't have a clue what is correct :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.136.244 (talk) 01:08, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Gross Profit
Gross profit =total receipts-total expenditure —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.78.251.130 (talk) 06:54, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

What about selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) costs?
It seems like these should be included too, no? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.254.195.125 (talk) 21:37, 2 January 2012 (UTC)