In the realm of personal finance, disposable income refers to all of an individual’s income that is left over after taxes and other mandatory payments are accounted for. In other words, it is a person ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc / GettyImages Disposable income and discretionary income ...

Disposable income is the amount of money you have left over from your earnings after paying mandatory taxes. It’s essentially what you can “dispose of” or use as you choose, whether for necessities, ...

If most Americans have anything in common, it's the desire to increase their income and pay fewer taxes -- in other words, to increase their disposable income. Increasing disposable income can be life ...