Disposable income
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Disposable income is the total amount of income an individual makes after taxes.
Another concept that is often confused with disposable income is discretionary income. This is equal to disposable income minus the cost of the fixed expenses of life (such as rent/mortgage, food, car payments, insurance, etc.). It is income that can be saved or spent on goods and services wanted, not needed. Unfortunately, the definition of discretionary income is fuzzier than that of disposable income, making it harder to measure.
People that are living at or below the poverty line have no discretionary disposable income.
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- A simple discretionary income calculator -- even though this says it's measuring "disposable income," using the economist's language, it's discretionary income.
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