Q19 Caoilfinn Burke has recently completed her Leaving Certificate and has accepted a place studying Business at UCC in Cork. She lives in rented accommodation with two other students.
(i) After reviewing her bank statement at the end of the first term, Caoilfinn had the following actual income and actual expenditure:
Actual Income: Part-time wages €580 SUSI Grant
€1,020 Family Allowance €900
Actual Expenditure: Rent €900 Groceries and food €680 Electricity €180 Transport €160 Mobile Phone €35 Entertainment €430
Using this information, complete the Budget Comparison Statement below, by entering the figures into the Actual column, and then complete the Difference column.
Caoilfinn Burke
Income Part-time Wages SUSI Grant
Family Allowance Total Income (A)
Expenditure Rent
Groceries and Food Electricity Transport
Mobile Phone Entertainment
Total Expenditure (B) Net Cash
Budgeted €
580 720 900
2,200
900 600 135 180 35
310
2,160 40
(ii) Caoilfinn spent €225 more than she had planned, yet her actual net cash was higher than budgeted. Using figures from the statement, explain how this happened.
Actual €
Difference €
(iii) Identify one item of expenditure that came in under budget. Suggest one reason why this might have happened.