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Budget
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Budget | Is a plan of our expected income and expected expenditure over a particular period |
| Regular income | Income received every week/month e.g. pension, wages, social welfare payments |
| Irregular income | income received now and again e.g. overtime, lotto win |
| Benefit in kind | non-cash form of income e.g. company car, free flights for a pilot |
| Fixed Expenditure | payments that do not change according to your use e.g. TV licence |
| Irregular Expenditure | payments that do change according to use e.g. electricity bill |
| Discretionary Expenditure | money spent after necessities have been bought |
| Impulse buying | purchases made on the spur of the moment, without planning |
| Opportunity cost | that good which you go without as a result of choosing another good |
| How to reduce a budget deficit | - Increase income by working overtime- Decrease expenditure, particularly discretionary |
| Net Cash | Planned Income - Planned Expenditure |
| Closing Cash | Net cash + Opening cash |