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Explain What is Residual Income?

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Question added by Ahamed Yaaseer Arafath Packeer , Assistant Accountant , Frontline Outdoor Advertising (Pvt) Ltd.
Date Posted: 2013/11/21
Hitesh Tanwani
by Hitesh Tanwani , Associate , J P Morgan Chase and Co

In simple terms, Residual Income is the amount left after all the expenses and debts have been paid off.

 

Muhammad Saad Ghanchi
by Muhammad Saad Ghanchi , Accountant , Nojoom al Madina,General Trading,LLC.

Residual Income is Net income minus Equity Charge...... i.e Equity Charge is Equity capital multiply by Cost of Equity.

Anuradha Ekanayake
by Anuradha Ekanayake , Assistant Manager - Investments , Union Assurance PLC

Income that individual remains after paying his/her personnel expences including existing morgages etc. This usually asses on monthly baisis. Calculation of residual income is very important before grantig a loan to an individual by a bank or any other financial institution. Hence this measures that the borrow has sufficient amount of income to payoff the laon. 

Mahvish Mehnaz
by Mahvish Mehnaz , Consultant Finance , NESCOM (national engineering and scientific commission

The amount of income that an individual has after all personal debts, including the mortgage, have been paid. This calculation is usually made on a monthly basis, after the monthly bills and debts are paid. Also, when a mortgage has been paid off in its entirety, the income that individual had been putting toward the mortgage becomes residual income.          

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