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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

What Is Profit?

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ALA. C. LittletonIllinois College

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Implication

Explores definitions of profit among economists, courts, and businessmen, highlighting implications for distribution and legal matters.

Key Points

  • The aim is to clarify the concept of profit as viewed by different groups: economists, courts, and businessmen.
  • Analyzed perspectives of economists on profit as a social phenomenon
  • Reviewed legal interpretations of profit in income tax and insolvency cases
  • Examined businessmen's view of profit as a measure of success
  • Defined profit differently by economists, courts, and businessmen
  • Identified profit's role in the distribution of societal production proceeds
  • Highlighted legal considerations in defining profit for dividends and taxes

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A. C. Littleton (1928) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba430d4e9516ffd37a3de3https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-8591640
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  5. 5CONTRASTING THEORIES OF PROFIT.1936