Gross Profit

In accounting, gross profit or sales profit is the difference between revenue and the cost of making a product or providing a service, before deducting overhead, payroll, taxation, and interest payments. Note that this is different from operating profit (earnings before interest and taxes).

The various deductions (and their corresponding metrics) leading from Net sales to Net income are as follow:

Net sales = Gross sales - (Customer Discounts, Returns, Allowances)
Gross profit = Net sales - Cost of goods sold
Operating Profit = Gross Profit - Total operating expenses
Net income (or Net profit) = Operating Profit – taxes – interest

(Note: cost of goods sold is calculated differently for a merchandising business than for a manufacturer.)


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