Perhaps the most humiliating portion of the treaty for the defeated Germany was Article 231, commonly known as the War Guilt Clause, which forced Germany to accept complete responsibility for initiating World War I.
For a company, net income is the residual amount of earnings after all expenses have been deducted from sales. In short, gross income is an intermediate earnings figure before all expenses are included, and net income is the final amount of profit or loss after all expenses are included. For example, a business has sales of $1,000,000, cost of goods sold of $600,000, and selling expenses of $250,000.
Net profit is equal to the gross profit minus overheads minus interest payable plus one off items for a given time period. Gross Margin vs Net Margin Gross margin is the ratio of gross profit to revenue. Net margin is the ratio of net profit to revenue. Gross is the profit from the transaction without deduction. Net is the profit from the transaction after deducting cost of goods and cost of the sale (manpower, taxes, rent, etc.) Gross and Net. Gross refers to the total and Net refers to the part of the total that really matters.