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Income and expenditu
Income and expenditure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Income | Refers to money or other forms of wealth received by a household |
| Regular Income | Is income received on a regular basis such as a weekly wage |
| Irregular Income | Is income received now and again |
| Regular Income employed person | Wages, child benefit |
| Irregular Income employed person | inheritance, overtime |
| Regular Income unemployed person | unemployment benefit, child benefit |
| Irregular Income unemployed person | lottery win, casual work |
| Regular Income retired person | pension |
| Irregular Income retired person | win at bingo |
| Regular Income student | Grant |
| Irregular Income student | presents |
| Benefit in kind | non-cash of income |
| Overtime | extra hours of work |
| Child benefit | payment by government parents of children under 18 |
| Grant | A payment made by government to students while studying at college |
| Unemployment Benefit | Weekly payment made by government made to unemployed people |
| Expenditure | Money we spend during a particular period of time |
| Fixed Expenditure | Items that cost doesn't normally change |
| Irregular Expenditure | Items that cost does normally change |
| Impulse buying | Buying on the spur of the moment without asking ourselves can we afford it |
| Opportunity Cost | Is when we have the choice of buying 2 items and the item we choose is the opportunity cost |
| Mortgage | A loan from the bank to enable a person to buy a house |
| Budget | is a plan of a household's future income and future expenditure for a given period |
| Net cash | equal total income + total expenditure |
| Unbranded | refers to goods not made by a well known producer |
| Budget surplus | refers to when your planned income is greater then your planned expenditure |
| Budget Deficit | refers to when your planned income is less then your planned expenditure |
| balanced budget | refers to when your planned income is equal to your planned expenditure |
| Example of a Opportunity Cost | I have 1 euro. I have the choice of buying a bar of chocolate or a apple. I pick the apple so the bar of chocolate is the opportunity cost. |