Q.What is disposable personal income ?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Disposable personal income = Personal income minus personal (direct) taxes — the income households are actually free to spend or save.
In the sequence of national-income aggregates, personal income is the total income actually received by households and individuals from all sources (including transfer payments), before paying personal direct taxes. However, individuals cannot freely dispose of all of this because a part must be paid to the government as direct (personal) taxes such as income tax.
Disposable personal income (DPI) is the income that actually remains with households for their own use after these personal direct taxes are deducted:
Disposable Personal Income = Personal Income - Personal (direct) taxes.
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