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Income & Expenditure
JC Business
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Regular Income | Income you can plan for. Wages, child benefit, social welfare payments, pension payments |
| Irregular Income | Income that you CANNOT plan for. Lotto win, selling a household item |
| Fixed expenditure | Items where the cost does not change according to use. eg TV Licence, Car insurance |
| Irregular Expenditure | Items where the cost does change according to use. Eg groceries, petrol, electricity |
| Discretionary Expenditure | Spending on luxury, unnecessary items. Eg holidays and presents |
| False Economy | Buying a cheap item to save money in the short term, but in the long run you end up spending more as the cheap item breaks |
| Impulse Buying | Buying goods on the spur of the moment |
| Opportunity Cost | When you have limited resources and your are faced with a choice, the item you DO NOT choose is the opportunity cost |
| Benefit-in-kind | A non-cash form of Income. Eg the use of a company car |