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Chapter 35
Time For Business - 1st Year
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| National budget | is the government's financial plan for the year ahead |
| Government revenue | refers to all the money received by the government |
| Current revenue | money received by the government on a regular, ongoing or day-to-day basis |
| Capital revenue | money received on an irregular or once-off basis |
| Government expenditure | Infrastructure is the basic facilites, structures and services needed for a country to function |
| Budget deficit | occurs when planned expenditure is greater than expected revenue |
| Solutions to a budget deficit | Increase planned revenue, reduce planned expenditure |
| Balanced budget | if the government expects that planned revenue will be equal to planned expenditure |
| Budget surplus | if planned revenue is expected to be greater than planned expenditure |