National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure Accounts

Corporation profit before taxes, of economy, category

Corporation profits, before taxes refers to the net earnings from economic activity of corporations, measured after deduction of capital consumption allowances.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Basis for calculating corporation profits
  Data tables

  • Corporation profits before taxes, on an original-cost-basis, excluding government business enterprises Table: 380-0086
• Components for Analysis of Corporation Profits
  Data tables

  • Analysis of corporation profits, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA) Table: 380-0554
• List of Components of Corporation Profits before tax
  Data tables

  • Undistributed corporation profits Table: 380-0078