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==Definition==

In national accounts, net output is equivalent to the gross [[value added]] during an accounting period when producing enterprises use inputs (labor and capital assets) to produce outputs. [[Gross value added]] is called "gross" because it includes{{clarification needed|Does this mean “fails to subtract off”, or “subtracts off”? “Includes” should be replaced by one of these|date=March 2019}} depreciation charges or [[consumption of fixed capital]]. The calculation is importantly influenced by the definition of expenditures and incomes included within the scope of "production" - some incomes and expenditures are included as "factor income" or "factor expenditure" directly related to production, other are not.

The calculation involves an accounting procedure of "grossing and netting" the revenues which enterprises obtain from their outputs of goods and services, in order to establish what the real value of those outputs is.