Expenditure by father on marriage of his daughter is considered as transfer payment and not included in National Income
Expenditure on Education of his daughter is not considered as transfer Payment and included in National Income
Whats the difference between these 2 cases????
In both the cases, the daughter isnt performing any productive service for her father and also why arent both the cases a part of Private Final Consumption Expenditure
Both these transactions would be recorded under Income Method as income of school and also as income of food caterer who provides his food in the marriage

Expenditure incurred on marriage are generally those amounts which are the earlier savings of her father (retained earnings) or it may be the borrowings/loans to meet the marriage expenses.
The retained earnings and loans used for consumption purpose both are not included in national income. Also the payments made by her father will not yield any return for him.
But Expenditure incurred on education is a factor payment because he is availing the services of the schools/teachers for her daughter. Also the expenditure incurred on education can be included in PFCE.
Since Expenditure incurred on catering by her father is an income for the caterer, that's why it is included in national income, but it doesn't necessarily mean that whole marriage expense should be included in national income.
In case of schools fees are the factor receipts, so obviously it will be included in national income.

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