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Company costs are revenues to someone else (even payroll is then spent on goods & services). Revenue will double count. Also I just did a very quick number look
by buybackoff 7y ago
Company costs are revenues to someone else (even payroll is then spent on goods & services). Revenue will double count. Also I just did a very quick number lookup without pretending for scientific correctness, just became curious after reading the parent comment.
GDP is C + I + G + NX. In MSFT 10-K R&D are after the gross profit, so I is there. C attributable to MSFT is sales less costs to avoid double counting. G are taxes which are also there. We should also add D&A and Capex normally as a part of I, but for software companies it's mainly R&D that is allowed to be recognized as cost (which gives huge tax benefits and should stimulate R&D activity, in theory).