Question 1
Evaluate the budget and make financial recommendations to the couple based on this evaluation.
Question 2
- Explain the differences between a defined benefit pension scheme and a defined contribution pension scheme and evaluate their respective advantages and disadvantages for employers and employees.
- A person earning £50,000 a year and retiring after 40 years in a 1/80th defined benefit pension scheme would receive a pension of how much? (Show your workings)
- If a pension fund is valued at £40,000 and the annuity rate is £600, what would the expected income per annum be? (Show your workings)
Question 3
- Explain the contributory factors resulting in the rise in the percentage of UK adults in their 20s choosing to rent rather than purchase their home.
- Using the household equivalence scale work out by what percentage a couple would need to increase their income to maintain their pre-children standard of living if they have:
- 3 children aged 6, 15 and 17 years old
- 2 children aged 1 and 2 years old
- one baby aged 1 year