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Elaborate on the total profit margin

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Help us help you! Please point us to exactly where you mean. I think you're referring to section 4, where they give you the formula Profits (aggregate) can go UP, while profit margins (efficiency) goes down.  
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Profitability case: how to break down revenue & cost if there's multiple business lines?

Profitability Case
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Hi!  You misunderstand structuring! Your task is NOT to create a comprehensive tree with all branches already worked out until level 3 or 4! This is NOT what a structure is there for! The purpose of a structure is to cl ... (read entire answer)
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Excise tax to be dealt properly

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In simple words excise tax is considered any duty on manufactured goods which is levied at the moment of manufacture, rather than at sale and excise tax registration is A person who conducts (or intends to conduct) act ... (read entire question)
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