Earned Income

Earned Income
Income derived from active participation in a trade or business, including wages, salary, tips, commissions and bonuses. This is the opposite of unearned income.

Earned income includes any income that a person or company receives for work they have done. If your boss gives you an advance on your next check, this would be considered unearned income because you haven't yet done anything to earn it.


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  • earned income credit — A refundable tax credit on earned income up to a certain amount for low income workers who maintain a household for dependent children. The amount of the credit is reduced dollar for dollar if earned income (or adjusted gross income) is greater… …   Black's law dictionary

  • earned income — noun Etymology: earned from past participle of earn (I) : income (as wages, salary, professional fees, or commissions) that results from the personal labor or services of an individual compare unearned income …   Useful english dictionary

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