Gross profit is calculated by taking sales and subtracting direct costs.
Gross Profit = Sales - Direct costs
Net Profit = Gross Profit - Operating expenses
Gross Profit % = Gross profit / Sales
Net Profit % = Net Profit / Sales
Different ways of measuring profitability.
Example:
Convenience Store
Gross profit = Sale of items - Direct cost of items
Net profit = Gross profit - Indirect costs (Rent , Clerk salary, utilities)
Net profit margin (%) = Net profit / Sales
Note* A mark-up is taking amount and "+/- amount"
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WHO is the gross profit & who cares?
WHAT can you do with GP?
WHERE do you use GP numbers?
WHEN is it calcuated and used?
WHY people care about gross profit?
Not everyone, depends on factors such as size, goals, risk tolerance, and tax situation.
Tax advantage(s) and legal advantage(s).
Canada Revenue Agency: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business/start.html
Any time.
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Could not pay all withdrawals
Mostly US operating bank
Friday March 10th
Too many people trying to take out $$ at once.
The T1 is for all Canadian residents.
A Canadian tax form for individuals to fill out. Looks like this, trust me, it's not that complicated, and most fields probably don't even apply to your situation.
Tax filing & payment due to CRA, file online @ wealthsimple.com
Every year before end of April.
Because CRA collects money needed fund rest of the gov't.
The T1 General Income Tax and Benefit Return is a tax return form that individuals use to determine their annual tax liability and claim federal or provincial benefits, such as the GST/HST Credit.
The form summarizes the taxpayer's income, deductions, and tax payable, as computed on supporting forms and schedules, and calculates any refund or balance due.
The T1 form consists of five parts:
1) Identification
2) Total Income
3) Net Income
4) Taxable Income
5) Refund/ Balance owing
Online, In-person, mail, Tax professional
To ensure timely submission, the completed T1 form and any outstanding balances are due by April 30th of the following year (by June 15th for self-employed individuals or common-law partners). If these deadlines fall on a weekend or public holiday, the deadline is extended to the next business day.
Because CRA
Business owners need to build a company track & stay on it.
Key Performance Indicators are common statistics & ratios a company would keep track of.
Pulled from business & financial reports
Always be keeping track of KPIs and perform variance calculations.
Ensure mone is being made.
WHO needs to know?
ROI important metric for business decision makers.
WHAT is ROI?
Rerturn on marketing spend is how much profit is made from a given number of marketing cost.
WHERE can you collect this data?
Marketing ROI = SALES CHANGE/ MARKETING SPEND
WHEN should you look at Marketing ROI?
Constantly
WHY pay attention to marketing ROI?
Determine what is most profitable for business.