Personal exertion

English translation: (directly) earned income (derived from personal exertion)/ (solely personal) earned income

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English term or phrase:Personal exertion
Selected answer:(directly) earned income (derived from personal exertion)/ (solely personal) earned income
Entered by: Lingopro

07:00 Dec 26, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Taxation & Customs / US-EN types of income
English term or phrase: Personal exertion
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What is the US-EN term for "income from personal exertion" (personal exertion seems to be used mostly in commonwealth countries).
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Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 16:05
(directly) earned income (derived from personal exertion)/ (solely personal) earned income
Explanation:
or (solely personal) earned income. You could keep "personal effort or exertion" or make it clear it is an income that is personally earned (salary or wages) rather than unearned income

"income from personal exertion/effort" seems to be frequently used in terms of Australian tax law but seems to be less frequent in the US where earned income or earnings seems to be more frequntly used

personal exertion income is defined here (for Australia):

www.apesma.asn.au/connect/small.../independent_operator.asp

"income earned directly from the effort of a person, such as labour or skill."


http://www.studentatlaw.com/articles/166/1/Topic-2--Income-f...

"...The general principle here is that a gain from a person’s labour, in employment or for personal services, is income under ordinary concepts. Incomes from personal services generally have the following indicia:
1. Payment is linked to the provision of employment or services;
2. The payment is often recurrent
3. Services are provided for the purposes of obtaining a gain. .."

In general use though you might substitute "earnings" for income to make it clearer that this is EARNED money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_...

In the USA "household income" can be made up in various ways. See this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_...

"Household income is a measure commonly used by the United States government and private institutions. Each household is measured by the income of every resident over the age of 18. Income includes wages and salaries, unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments received(child support given does not deduct income measured), regular rental receipts, as well as any personal business, investment, or other kinds of income received routinely.
The real median earnings of men who worked full-time, year-round climbed between 2006 and 2007, from $43,460 to $45,113 (about 3.6 times minimum wage in 2006 to 3.7 times minimum wage in 2007). For women, the corresponding increase was from $33,437 to $35,102 (2.8 and 2.9 times minimum ..."

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oops, meant to remove "solely personal earned income" from header

anyway, hope it helps

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Season's Greetings!

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glad to have helped:-) I wish you health, wealth and happiness for 2013 (or 5773!)

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LOL:-)
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 14:05
Grading comment
Thank you very much!!!
I wish you a healthy and prosperous 2013 ;-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +4(directly) earned income (derived from personal exertion)/ (solely personal) earned income
Yvonne Gallagher
Summary of reference entries provided
Personal handiwork.
José Patrício
Unearned Income might steer you in the right direction, despite my misgivings
Peter Skipp

Discussion entries: 5





  

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
personal exertion
(directly) earned income (derived from personal exertion)/ (solely personal) earned income


Explanation:
or (solely personal) earned income. You could keep "personal effort or exertion" or make it clear it is an income that is personally earned (salary or wages) rather than unearned income

"income from personal exertion/effort" seems to be frequently used in terms of Australian tax law but seems to be less frequent in the US where earned income or earnings seems to be more frequntly used

personal exertion income is defined here (for Australia):

www.apesma.asn.au/connect/small.../independent_operator.asp

"income earned directly from the effort of a person, such as labour or skill."


http://www.studentatlaw.com/articles/166/1/Topic-2--Income-f...

"...The general principle here is that a gain from a person’s labour, in employment or for personal services, is income under ordinary concepts. Incomes from personal services generally have the following indicia:
1. Payment is linked to the provision of employment or services;
2. The payment is often recurrent
3. Services are provided for the purposes of obtaining a gain. .."

In general use though you might substitute "earnings" for income to make it clearer that this is EARNED money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_...

In the USA "household income" can be made up in various ways. See this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_...

"Household income is a measure commonly used by the United States government and private institutions. Each household is measured by the income of every resident over the age of 18. Income includes wages and salaries, unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments received(child support given does not deduct income measured), regular rental receipts, as well as any personal business, investment, or other kinds of income received routinely.
The real median earnings of men who worked full-time, year-round climbed between 2006 and 2007, from $43,460 to $45,113 (about 3.6 times minimum wage in 2006 to 3.7 times minimum wage in 2007). For women, the corresponding increase was from $33,437 to $35,102 (2.8 and 2.9 times minimum ..."

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Note added at 7 hrs (2012-12-26 14:36:15 GMT)
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oops, meant to remove "solely personal earned income" from header

anyway, hope it helps

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Note added at 9 hrs (2012-12-26 16:30:30 GMT)
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Season's Greetings!

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Note added at 5 days (2012-12-31 12:34:42 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped:-) I wish you health, wealth and happiness for 2013 (or 5773!)

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Note added at 5 days (2012-12-31 14:08:12 GMT) Post-grading
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LOL:-)

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 14:05
Meets criteria
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much!!!
I wish you a healthy and prosperous 2013 ;-)
Notes to answerer
Asker: Very helpful indeed! Thank you very much and happy holidays ;-)

Asker: HAHA - no one really uses "that" calendar on a daily basis - it's mostly for formality and a pain in everybody's necks... ;-) Regardless though, thanks for the wish (I see your wish) and I raise you one wish for the Chinese year as well - whenever that starts :-))) I think we'll leave the Mayans out since as far as they were concerned the calendar has ended...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: I prefer " directly earned income" it's unambiguous - Nollaig Shona Dhuit G2!
1 hr
  -> Thanks AT:-). Nollaig Shona agus Athbhlian 2013 faoi mhaise duit!

agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks Tina:-) Season's Greetings!

agree  Peter Skipp
1 hr
  -> Thanks Peter:-) Happy Yuletide!

agree  Phong Le
12 hrs
  -> thank you. Hope you're enjoying the holiday season
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Reference comments


3 hrs peer agreement (net): -1
Reference: Personal handiwork.

Reference information:
https://www.google.com/search?q=this is also her handiwork.&...

José Patrício
Portugal
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you but that's not exactly the intention.


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
disagree  AllegroTrans: "handiwork" is not used to describe employment activity
5 hrs
  -> Muito bem, aceito, mas a linguagem figurada é o dia-a-dia
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5 hrs
Reference: Unearned Income might steer you in the right direction, despite my misgivings

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unearned_income

The Wikipedia article centres on rentals and property ownership. This _might_ be what you are after, though what the specific US accounting term is, I admit to having no idea...

Peter Skipp
Bulgaria
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Tina Vonhof (X): I think that's the opposite: income not earned through personal exertion.
4 hrs
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