1. Profits earned by sole proprietors and partners are taxable as ordinary income to the proprietor or partner.

2. Our finances look better if we include the profit earned on the sale of our London offices.

3. Thus, you should reduce the value of each future payment by the profit earned before it is payed.

4. Profits earned by partnerships compensate the owners for (1) personal services rendered to the business , (2) capital invested in the business , and (3) assuming the "risks of ownership".

5. The effect would be to claw back profits earned by excessive risk - taking.

6. That is because when the dollar weakens, profits earned overseas buy more dollars than they used to.

7. The proportion of profits earned by US companies outside the US has varied sharply in the past three years.

8. The profits earned by the new product more than compensated for the losses incurred by the company's other products.

9. A stronger yen undermines the price competitiveness abroad of cars built in Japan and eats into profits earned overseas when translated back into yen.

10. Article 6 The State protects the lawful investments made by small and medium-sized enterprises and their investors, as well as the legitimate profits earned from the investments.

11. Of course, the idea that Occupy Wall Street protesters have a right to share directly in the private profits earned by others is immoral.

12. From its founding in 1919 until now, it was a company that sent profits earned from Asian customers to mostly western owners.

13. The electronics company expects a second straight year of losses, battered by weak global demand for consumer electronics while a strong yen has cut into profits earned overseas.

14. It has bumped up the earnings of U.S. multinationals, because profits earned overseas in other currencies buy more dollars.

15. A strong yen undermines the price competitiveness of Japanese-made autos and other goods and reduces the value of profits earned overseas.

16. The second, simpler method, called the "territorial" or "exemption" system, taxes only profits earned in the home country.

17. Finally, the "check-the-box" option, under which companies can bury profits earned in tax havens in the accounts of other foreign subsidiaries, will be restricted.

18. And a law change in Japan has encouraged corporations to repatriate profits earned abroad without getting hit by a hefty tax.