Economics Paper 2, Nov/Dec. 2021

Question 2

 

Table 2 below shows the assets, income and tax obligations of a retired worker. Use the data to answer the questions that follow. 
                                               
                                                      Table 2


  ITEM

VALUE($)

 Annual Pension
Value of House owned
Annual Rent from House
Value of School owned
Annual Profit from School
Annual Income Tax
Property Tax per year
Value of Taxi owned
Yearly Profit from Taxi

40,000
200,000
48,000
550,000
35,000
33,500
10,000
17,500
23,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)        Calculate his:

  • annual total income;
  • annual disposable income;
  • total value of capital assets.

(b)        Compute his disposable income per month.
(c)        If he pays 15% of his annual disposable income to the social welfare as his social  responsibility, how much is left?

Observation

 

This is the alternative data response question to question 1 and it was attempted by few candidates, majority of whom scored below average marks. The question required candidates to calculate the annual total income, annual disposable income and total value of capital assets of the retired worker in the (a) part of the question. The candidates were also required to compute his disposable income per month and the value of his annual disposable income that remains after paying 15% of his annual disposable income to social welfare in the (b) and (c) parts of the question respectively. Few of the candidates were able to calculate the annual total income, annual disposable income and total value of capital assets of the retired worker in the (a) part of the question; majority of them were unable to distinguish between total income and disposable income. Most candidates were unable to compute his monthly disposable income and the value of his annual disposable income that remains after paying 15% of his annual disposable income to social welfare in the (b) and (c) parts of the question respectively.

The candidates were expected to provide the following answers to obtain the maximum    marks.

(a)(i)    Annual total income   
                 =     $ 40,000 + $ 48,000 + $ 35,000 + $ 23,000
=     $ 146,000                                                     

(ii)   Annual disposable income
=     $ 146,000 – ($ 33,500 + $ 10,000)
=     $ 146,000 – $ 43,500                      
                 =     $ 102,500                                        

(iii)  Total value of capital assets   
                 =     $ 200,000 + $ 550,000 + $ 17,500   
=     $ 767, 500                                        

(b)        Annual disposable income
12                                                
=          $ 102,500
12                                                
=          $ 8541.67 / $8541.7 / $8542              

(c)        15   ×   $ 102,500     = $ 15,375        
100                             
= $ 102,500 - $ 15, 375   = $ 87,125