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Planned government spending
Expected government revenue

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Actual government spending
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Planned government spending
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Government borrowing
National debt

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The government changes household disposable incomes through taxation and transfer payments."}]},{"id":"5dfce1ed-1079-48c7-b997-8744d18d4ace","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"A government budget is a financial plan for expected revenue and planned [ ] over a period such as a year.","back":"A government budget is a financial plan for expected revenue and planned government spending over a period such as a year.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"government spending","correct":true,"explanation":"A government budget forecasts the revenue it expects to receive and the government spending it plans to undertake during a specified period, commonly the financial year."},{"text":"government saving","correct":false,"explanation":"Government saving describes funds left after spending, not the planned outlays included in a budget. The sentence refers to expected expenditure, which is government spending."},{"text":"private investment","correct":false,"explanation":"Private investment is spending by firms and households, rather than planned government expenditure. A government budget sets out the public spending it expects to make."},{"text":"international borrowing","correct":false,"explanation":"Borrowing may be used to finance a deficit, but it is a financing source rather than the planned expenditure described here. The missing term refers to government spending."}]},{"id":"ef25ba71-1622-4b24-8987-c95cc0c767cd","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Government revenue comes mainly from [ ], including income tax and VAT.","back":"Government revenue comes mainly from taxation, including income tax and VAT.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"taxation","correct":true,"explanation":"Taxation is the government’s main source of revenue in many economies. Income tax and VAT are both compulsory payments collected from households and businesses."},{"text":"government borrowing","correct":false,"explanation":"Borrowing provides finance when revenue is insufficient, but it creates a liability and is not usually classified as regular revenue. Income tax and VAT are forms of taxation."},{"text":"welfare payments","correct":false,"explanation":"Welfare payments are government spending transferred to households, so they reduce available budget resources rather than provide revenue. Income tax and VAT are taxation receipts."},{"text":"private investment","correct":false,"explanation":"Private investment is expenditure by firms and does not normally provide government revenue. The examples given, income tax and VAT, are both types of taxation."}]},{"id":"e3912fc2-5a51-4f08-be75-69808ec8acce","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"The budget brings government [ ] together for the year ahead.","back":"The budget brings government revenue and spending together for the year ahead.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"revenue and spending","correct":true,"explanation":"The budget brings together the government’s expected income from taxes and other sources with its planned expenditure during the coming financial year."},{"text":"taxation and borrowing","correct":false,"explanation":"Borrowing can finance a deficit, but it is not the complete counterpart to government income in the budget. The correct terms are revenue and spending, covering income and expenditure overall."},{"text":"exports and imports","correct":false,"explanation":"Exports and imports describe international trade rather than the government’s financial plan. The budget brings revenue together with spending to show the expected balance for the year ahead."},{"text":"assets and liabilities","correct":false,"explanation":"Assets and liabilities are accounting categories for what is owned and owed, not the main components of the government budget. The correct pairing is revenue and spending."}]},{"id":"654ad3d9-8f0b-40b9-8bd8-b52873336d69","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"A budget balance of [ ] means that the budget is balanced.","back":"A budget balance of 0 means that the budget is balanced.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"0","correct":true,"explanation":"A balance of 0 means government revenue exactly equals government spending, so there is neither a budget surplus nor a budget deficit."},{"text":"1","correct":false,"explanation":"A balance of 1 would indicate that revenue exceeds spending by one unit, producing a small surplus. The budget is balanced only when the balance is 0."},{"text":"-1","correct":false,"explanation":"A balance of -1 means spending exceeds revenue by one unit, creating a small deficit. Equality between revenue and spending gives a balance of 0."},{"text":"100","correct":false,"explanation":"A balance of 100 would represent a surplus of 100 units if the figures use the same scale. A balanced budget requires the difference between revenue and spending to be 0."}]},{"id":"ffd08d4c-fec3-41e6-9789-eca986501ae7","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Using the formula $$\\text{Budget balance} = \\text{revenue} - \\text{spending}$$, a positive figure indicates a [ ].","back":"Using the formula $$\\text{Budget balance} = \\text{revenue} - \\text{spending}$$, a positive figure indicates a budget surplus.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"budget surplus","correct":true,"explanation":"Because revenue is greater than spending when the balance is positive, the government has more income than expenditure. 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