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Question:

What do you mean by the term ‘Personal Income’?

Author: Vimala Balu



Answer:

Personal income is the total income received by the individuals of a country from all sources before payment of direct taxes in a . Personal income is derived from national income by deducting undistributed corporate profit, and employees’ contributions to social security schemes and adding transfer payment.


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Personal income is never equal to the national income, because the former includes the transfer payments whereas they are not included in national income. Personal Income = National Income – (Social Security Contribution and undistributed corporate profits) + Transfer payments