Revenue
How a firm plans to earn a profit is one of the most important considerations in the business plan. Profit is defined as total revenue less total expenses (Investopedia, 2013) and there are basically three levels of profit. The first level is the gross profit, which subtracts only the cost of sales; the second is the operating profit which subtracts fixed costs as well. The final profit is the net profit, which subtracts all costs of doing business, including taxes and financing costs like interest.

Revenue Streams

There are going to be two forms of payment for the customers. They can either pay cash or with a credit card, but cash will be encouraged because the credit card company is going to charge to use a card, cutting into our margins. Checks and other forms of payment will not be allowed. The reason for this is that we want to reduce the…...

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Works Cited:

Investopedia. (2013). Definition of profit. Investopedia. Retrieved April 12, 2013 from  http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profit.asp 

No author. (2013). What is a cost structure? WiseGeek. Retrieved April 12, 2013 from  http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cost-structure.htm

evenue Sources Generation for Appalachian Trail Conservancy
evenue Structure

Appalachian Trail Conservancy exist not to make money but to fulfill one of the purposes recognized by federal law; charitable, educational and scientific requirements. Under state and federal tax laws, however, as long as the corporation is organized and operated for a recognized nonprofit purpose and has secured the proper tax exemptions, it can take in more money than it spends to conduct its activities. Based on this, revenue is the society's way of paying for the services provided by Appalachian Trail Conservancy. A revenue structure describes the many sources of income a local government receives. The major sources of revenue include taxes, other revenue sources and inter-governmental transfers, which are defined below.

Compulsory Income

The organization's compulsory income sources include cash and non-cash sources got through taxes, license and permits. Since the firm is a corporation of the federal government, local revenue structures are…...

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References

Bland, R.L. (1989). A Revenue Guide for Local Government. Washington, D.C: International

City/County Management Association.

Government Finance Officers Association. (2010). Issue Brief: Collection of Taxes on Purchases

Made Over the Internet/Other Remote Means. Washington, D.C: Government Finance Officers Association.

Revenue ix
Tax revenue is a fundamental component to governmental budgets and subsequent spending. Particularly, in economic downturns, government tends to spend large sums of money in an effort to stimulate the economy and drive economic growth. To properly prepare and mitigate the cyclical nature of tax revenues, diversification is required. Through proper diversification, governments are better positioned to provide adequate service irrespective of the prevailing macroeconomic circumstances. Although aspects such as interest rates, political grid-lock, and unemployment impact all governments; through a diversified revenue stream, the impact of such occurrences will be significantly diminished. As such, a thorough tax revenue analysis is needed to prepare the city of Swobodaville for the cyclical nature of the business cycle, and the subsequent volatility in tax revenue (Williams, 2008).

When analyzing the cities overall tax composition, a larger share of tax revenue comes from personal income as oppose to corporate income. The date indicates…...

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1) Minarik, Joseph J. (2008). "Taxation." In David R. Henderson (ed.). Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (2nd ed.). Library of Economics and Liberty. ISBN 978-0865976658.

2) Williams, Walter E. (2008-08-06). "Government theft, American-style." WorldNetDaily

evenue Sharing
Tax revenue sharing: A solution to the inequities in school funding?

Tax revenue sharing is one of the most popular yet controversial potential solutions to the problem of inequitable funding of school districts. In the debate over fairness in education, the fact that property taxes are usually the primary method of school funding frequently leaves poorer districts with substantially less revenue than their wealthier counterparts. evenue sharing is based upon the idea in which "each community in a region designates some percentage of a new tax stream or new tax base to a regional pool, where it is divided among all the towns in the pool based on some formula that may involve population or other variables" (egion agenda, 2009, The Hartford Courant). evenue sharing is designed to equalize revenue between local governments that have differing capabilities of raising revenue, and thus create better opportunities for residents.

This method of financing…...

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References

Dare to share: A review of tax revenue sharing in the United States. (2004). Sierra Club.

Retrieved March 29, 2011

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Pinho, K. (2011, February 23). Schools, pensions revenue sharing could take major hit.

How to Protect Revenue Streams

The purpose of this research analysis was to discover tools healthcare organizations and practitioners can use to increase revenue streams while facing the rising costs of healthcare and an increasingly aged population relying on Medicare and Medicaid for healthcare coverage. Traditionally Medicare and Medicaid offer very little in the way of comprehensive medical services. This has inspired with healthcare community however to come to the realization that hierarchical care within healthcare facilities is no longer a viable means of providing care to patients in need. Cutbacks can be made but often they will result in substandard care for those that need care the most.

The researcher conducting this review proposes healthcare facilities adopt a horizontal approach to healthcare. Such an approach would as inferred by the literature, enable hospitals to work with communities, volunteers and junior level providers to provide comprehensive preventive and minimally invasive care for…...

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Works Cited

AHA. (2006). AHCA 2006 Priority: Proposed Medicare, Medicaid Cuts Would Jeopardize the Care for America's Most Vulnerable, Frail, Elderly and Disabled. American Health Care Association, Retrieved October 14, 2007:

 http://www.ahca.org/news/nr060322.htm 

Hurwitz, M.R. (1993, Sep). Patient supply charges: Still a revenue source? Healthcare Financial

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Bottom line is that Bury has to increase sales and there are several cost efficient ways of promoting his products.
At the internal level of his business operations, it has to be noted that the increase in sales volumes has to be supported by an increase in production levels. Given this necessity, combined with elements such as ease of use of the technology and the minimum skills requirements of the person digitalizing the books, Will Bury ought to consider the following:

To a degree to which this does not negatively impact the family life or the individual life of the family members, Will Bury should ask his wife or his children to help with the digitalization process

In a context in which the help of the family is either impossible or insufficient, Bury should hire an employee to handle the digitalization processes. This employee would require minimum skills and would as such…...

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Bella, J., 2006, the Growing Ebook Industry and Market, Articles base,   last accessed on May 17, 2010http://www.articlesbase.com/publishing-articles/the-growing-ebook-industry-and-market-65103.html 

Turner, M.L., 2004, the unofficial guide to starting a small business, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons

Violette, E., 2007, Books vs. E-books, Ebookgraphy, last accessed on May 17, 2010http://www.ebookgraphy.net/booksvsebooks.htm

Startups,   / last accessed on May 17, 2010http://www.startups.co.uk 

M&a activity can be conducted in order to lower a firm's cost of capital. This can be done either by lowering the firm's total risk through diversification, by absorbing a company in a lower-risk business than the new parent company, or by using the M&a activity as an opportunity for arbitrage, taking advantage of disequilibrium between currencies and interest rates in two different nations.
Corporate organization and ownership issues can stimulate merger & acquisition activity as well. In some cases, the activity is a reorganization within the company, conducted for strategic reasons and often tied to tax consequences. In other cases, firms may combine assets in a manner that allows for one or both of the firms to improve its strategic position in specific products or markets. Organization and ownership can have a negative impact on the success of a merger or acquisition, however. Issues regarding control, culture or mission…...

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Tehranian, H. (2006). Performance changes around bank mergers: Revenue enhancements vs. cost reductions. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Retrieved March 23, 2010 from  http://www.allbusiness.com/sector-52-finance-insurance/credit-intermediation/1183147-1.html 

Dounis, N. (2008). The auditor's role in mergers and acquisitions: Companies often underestimate the importance of risk management during the M&a process. Internal Auditor. Retrieved March 23, 2010 from  http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4153/is_3_64/ai_n27504379/ 

Gaughan, P. (2007). Mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Croson, R., Gomes, a., McGinn, K. & Noth, M. (2004). Mergers and acquisitions: An experimental analysis of synergies, externalities and dynamics. Review of Finance. Vol. 8, pp. 481-514.

This holds true even when the price variance is calculated; the reduction in volume of the number of flu patients seeking treatment actually means that the reduction in revenue from these services impacted the medical group slightly less than it would have at the expected volume, and the slight increase in revenue-per-flu shot was compounded by the three-fold increase in expectations in the number of flu shots administered. For flu shots, this price variance was six thousand, and for the treatment of flu patients this variance comes in at fourteen thousand (technically, negative fourteen thousand, as the group would have made this much more had they been able to collect the full eighty dollars expected from every flu patient treated). These figures show that the price changes alone, had they not been accompanied by significant volume changes, would have led to a situation of reduced profitability when compared to expectations,…...

Public Administration and evenue Policy: How Vital is it to Develop evenue Policy Aligned with Community Values?
Economic development is a vital aspect of a local economy that is healthy. Economic development is defined as "the process of creating wealth through the mobilization of human, financial, capital, physical and natural resources to generate marketable goods and services. The economic developer's role is to influence the process for the benefit of the community through expanding job opportunities and the tax base." (Business Park Land Strategy Technical eport, City of Davis, nd) According to the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) economic development can be defined as "…"…local economic development involves the allocation of limited resources - land, labor, capitol and entrepreneurship in a way that has a positive effect on the level of business activity, employment, income distribution patterns, and fiscal solvency." (Ibid, nd)

I. Economic Development: oles and esponsibilities

Economic development is…...

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References

Economic Development Policies and Strategies and Value of Knowledge-Based Business Growth. Draft Business Park Land Strategy Technical Report. Chapter 2 (nd) City of Davis. Retrieved from: http://cityofdavis.org/CDD/Business_Park_Land_Strategy/pdfs/Draft%20BPLS%20TR%20Chapter%202.pdf

Revenue Policies Should be in Statutes to Protect Poor & Respect Local Difference (2004) Wisconsin Education Association Council. Retrieved from:  http://www.weac.org/News_and_Publications/education_news/2003-2004/cathconf.aspx

limiting factor in determining the size of a budget in the public sector is the capacity to tax or generate revenue. To compute fiscal capacity, a representative tax system should assess the level of personal income, the value of retail sales, and the value of property. However, there are other areas that governments should focus on when striving to ensure and maintain revenue generation. Diversifying a revenue portfolio is paramount, especially when the economy takes a downturn. The following essay evaluates whether evaluate whether, wobodaville, a hypothetical city has an adequately diverse tax mix, and recommends possible actions to improve its tax base.
The city wobodaville is compared to 'Comparator'. wobodaville has a significantly higher personal income than comparators, although its corporate income is slightly lower. For some unknown reason, the sales tax that wobodaville has to pay is significantly lower than comparators as is its property tax. On the…...

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Garrett, TA & Leatherman, JC An Introduction to State and Local Public Finance Web book.

 http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Garrett/chapterthree.htm 

Scissors, MJ et al. (2012) Trade Freedom: How Imports Support U.S. Jobs

The Heritage Foundation

Their profits between 2008 to 2010 surged from between 7% to $14.3 billion (Fortune 500).
As regards Coke, decline has not been solely to recession but due primarily to the fact that the public has come to largely desire healthier, sugar-free, and more 'natural' beverages such as bottled water and tea as well as pure fruit juices. Health is the current market's concern. The carbonated soft drink industry does not project that image, even though they may attempt to redefine themselves.

Hewlett-Packard has been affected by the recession firing nearly 25,000 employees, reducing salaries and demonstrating a 13% decline in earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2009. Max Hurd was CEO then, and apparently the recession affected his job for he too was laid off to be replaced by Leo Apotheker who vowed to turn the impact of the recession on HP around (Computerworld)

CVS suffered greatly by the recession scoring…...

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References

Computerworld. HP has 'hurd' about a recession blogs.computerworld.com/hp_hpq_pay_cut_mark_hurd

Fortune 500. CVS stores. CNN money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/snapshots/2255.html

Fortune 500. Hewlett-Packard. CNN money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/snapshots/2255.html

Fortune 500. Wal-Mart stores. CNN money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/snapshots/2255.html

American Tax Payer Act
The present taxation system for the United States is a progressive tax on income of individuals, businesses, trusts and estates. While the first Federal income tax was opposed during the Civil War and then again in the 1980s to pay off war debt and reconstruction, it was not until the 16 the Amendement in 1913 that placed a Federal tax as Constituional law. The basic outline of the Federal tax is quite simple -- gross income less exclusions and exemptions and standard deductions equals taxable amount. The taxable amount is based on family size, and varies based on filing status. The complexity arises, however, in the manner in which deductions are interpreted, tax law changes to allow certain items to be deducted, and then changes that law (e.g. credit card interest), or ways in which complex tax structures are legally able to "hide" or "defer" income from…...

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A Roadmap to the 2013 Federal Budget Debates. (2013, March). National Women's Law Center. Retrieved from: http://www.nwlc.org/resource/roadmap-2013-federal-budget-debates#_edn3

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. (2013). JST Investment Consulting. Retrieved April 2013 from:  http://www.jstinvestmentconsulting.com/2013/01/the-american-taxpayer-relief-act-of-2012/ 

Huang, C. (2013). Buget Deal Makes Permanent 82% of President Bush's Tax Cuts. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrieved April 2013 from:  http://www.cbpp.org/files/1-3-13tax.pdf

evenue Generation and Management: Nightingale Home Care Inc. in La Mesa.
The main source of daily operation in the health care facilities is the revenue since almost all the services provided are dependent on the revenue generated hence it is important to understand the sources of the revenues and the way should be are managed. This paper will delve into the various sources that hospitals and Nightingale Home Care in La Mesa in specific often use as their reliable sources of revenue, it will also find out how the money is managed and any possible loose ends that predisposes the revenue to mismanagement.

Government aid is seen as one of the most significant source of revenue for hospitals including Nightingale. The government provides revenue in form of grants and subsidies for health care programs which helps in the running of hospitals. Though the main foundation of these grants and subsidies are the…...

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References

Barnet S. et.al, (2014). 10 Challenges and Opportunities for Hospitals in 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2016 from  http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/10-challenges-and-opportunities-for-hospitals-in-2015.html 

Florida Hospital, (2013). Hospital Finance Basics: Part 1 Revenue. Retrieved April 23, 2016 from  https://www.floridahospital.com/sites/default/files/finance_part_i_revenue_hib_november_20131.pdf 

Patrick M., (2015). How the Health Insurance Industry manages Risks. Retrieved April 23, 2016 from  http://marketrealist.com/2015/02/need-health-insurance-industry/

The general fund collects over 86% of the total tax revenues and is the primary funding source for most commonwealth agencies.
General fund tax revenues

The largest significant source of tax revenues net of refunds is personal income tax. eported personal income tax accounts for 38% of all tax revenues reported. Sales tax, which represents a tax on various items purchased by consumers, is the second largest category. eported sales tax accounts for 33% of all tax revenues reported. Corporate taxes, which represent different taxes on various corporations, are the third largest category. eported corporate tax accounts for 17% of all tax revenues reported. These three categories represent Pennsylvania largest sources revenues.

Expenditures

The general fund reported total expenditure of $47,866 and total other financing uses of $1,049 during the fiscal year ended June 30,2010.exenditure for health and human services accounting for over 56% of all general fund expenditures. The second largest category,…...

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References

Financial reports:

Pennsylvania (Financial reports)

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=4574&PageID=473437&mode=2

New York (Financial reports)

evenue Estimates: Underestimation of evenues
Although the United States has an excellent budget policy, she is yet to reach maximum efficiency with regard to revenue estimation. When it comes to public budgeting, ours is a picture that is far from the ideal. There has been a consistent pattern of underestimation of revenues in federal, state, local, as well as agency budgets. This trend may not be desirable for a recovering economy since government decisions on new policy initiatives and sustainable policy settings depend significantly on these annual revenue forecasts. This text hypothesizes that the current methodology, resourcing, and governance of forecasting activity has, year after year, played a role in the inaccurate estimation of revenues. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and several security agencies in Florida will be utilized in an attempt to demonstrate just how prevalent an issue this is proving to be in public budgeting. Morgan et…...

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CBO. (2012). The Proposed Homeland Security Budget for 2013. Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved 3 June 2014 from  http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43520 

City of South Miami. (2014). City of Pleasant Living: Ordinance 24-13-2171. City of South Miami. Retrieved 3 June 2014 from http://www.southmiamifl.gov/DocumentCenter/View/273

Department of Treasury and Finance. (2006). Review of Revenue Forecasting. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 June 2014 from  http://www.treasury.wa.gov.au/cms/uploadedFiles/review_revenue_forecasting_march2006.pdf 

DHS. (2013). FY 2013 Budget-in-Brief. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 3 June 2014 from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/mgmt/dhs-budget-in-brief-fy2013.pdf

Crisis management refers to many things, but in a business context it specifically refers to how a firm identifies threats to both the business and its stakeholders and how the organization deals with the threats.  Many large organizations have crisis management plans, but smaller businesses should have them as well, since it is entirely possible for small businesses to be impacted by crisis scenarios. The possible negative outcomes of these types of crisis range from a decline in revenue all the way to the total loss of the company.  This is of....

The President plays an important role in both the budgetary process and policymaking, even if the roles are less formal and direct than many people realize.  The President and his Administration help establish the priorities for the nation, which is how a President impacts policymaking.  Likewise, the President submits budget recommendations to Congress, but is not actually responsible for the budget.   The two process are similar, but different, so they will be addressed sequentially. 

The President’s role in developing the nation’s budget is dictated by statute and by precedent.  The Budget and Accounting....

Advertising is such an interesting topic.  It can be overt, such as in television commercials, print ads, or ads in social media.  It can also be more subtle, such as product placement.  Advertising can seem relatively straightforward, or it can involve complex psychological manipulations.  Advertising is a billion-dollar business, because ads can help generate billions in revenue for their companies.  There are so many different things that you can investigate for a paper on advertising, from the use of celebrity endorsements to fear based advertising.  In fact, much modern entertainment is actually....

Creating a business plan for a podcast is a great step towards structuring and professionalizing your project. Here's a guide to help you draft an effective business plan:

1. Executive Summary

• Podcast Name: Choose a catchy and relevant name.
• Mission Statement: What is the core purpose of your podcast?
• Goals: Short-term and long-term goals for your podcast.

2. Description of the Podcast

• Concept: Describe the theme, format, and style of your podcast.
• Target Audience: Define who your listeners are.
• Unique Selling Proposition (USP): What makes your podcast stand out?

3. Market Analysis

• Industry Overview: Trends in the podcast industry.
• Target Market:....