gross income

基本解释

He reckons his firm pays 70% of its gross income in various taxes.
他預測他的公司縂收入的70%都用於繳納各種各樣的稅款。
“high burden” health costs, which the study defined as more than 10 percent of their gross income.
“重壓”健康支出超過縂收入10%。（我繙得也不順）這裡，而低收入沒有達到10%。）
Oil, gas, coal and timber companies, by contrast, all have to pay substantial royalties, of up to 12.5% of gross income, when they extract from federal lands.
相比之下，汽油，天然氣，煤炭和木材公司在從聯邦土地上進行開發工作時，都需要支付高達縂收入的12.5%的特許使用費。

"What we are going to do is redo his calculations under the make a home affordable plan, of 31 percent of his gross income and see whether that pans out."
But this is no reason for complacency. Our figures for 2009 and 2010 will decide whether Europe meets its target of official development of 0.56 percent of gross national income by 2010."

To help your parent decide, the first step is taking a look at their gross income.
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The tax rate could very well be a flat tax system of say 20% gross income.
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