income is the money you receive in exchange for your labor or products income may have different definitions depending on the context for example taxation financial accounting or economic analysis 
for most people income is their total earnings in the form of wages and salaries the return on their investments pension distributions and other receipts for businesses income is the revenue from selling services products and any interest and dividends received with respect to their cash accounts and reserves related to the business economists have different definitions of income and different ways of measuring it from focusing on earnings savings consumption production public finance capital investment or other topics 