Economic profit vs. accounting profit?



What is the accounting profit and the economic profit given the following information…

Sales @ $100.00
Employee expense @ $40.00
Inventory expense @ $20.00
Value of owners labor @ $40.00

My guess is $40.00 accounting profit and $0.00 economic profit…close?

3 Responses to “Economic profit vs. accounting profit?”

  1. Yes. your right. Accounting profit is equal to the revenues minus the explicit costs. Economic profit is equal to revenue minus explicit and implict costs. Explicit costs are expenses where you pay money. Implicit costs are like the opportunity costs, like the value of the owner’s labor. Economic profit will always be less than accounting profit.

  2. Yes you are spot on.

  3. accounting profit is income less actual expenses and economic profit is income less actual and notional expenses economic profit is always less than accounting profit

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