paper profit

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Jack’s business showed a paper profit last year simply due to the appreciation.
因为评估了公司的所有的资产，去年杰克的生意才有纸上盈利。
Using Citi’s current share price, the government is thought to be sitting on a paper profit of around $10 billion.
美国政府依靠这部分股份已稳收100亿美元的账面利润。
The US government, by contrast, is sitting on a paper profit of almost $11bn on its 34 per cent shareholding in Citigroup, its only direct stake in a large financial institution.
相比之下，美国政府在花旗集团(Citigroup)持有的34%股权，迄今已有近110亿美元的账面盈利。这是它在大型金融机构唯一的直接持股。

Countrywide's share price has dipped a bit since then, but BofA is still sitting on a paper profit.
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Even if the share price rises sufficiently to produce a paper profit, we can never say that we are better off than we would have been had the government stayed out.
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That's because if you don't sell ISO stock by the end of the calendar year in which you exercised your options, the paper profit at the time of exercise is taxed in the AMT as ordinary income at rates of around 28%, regardless of whether you ever realize that paper profit.
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a profit that is shown in financial records but has not yet been made by a company, especially because it is waiting for payments it is owed