The document discusses hire purchase system. Some key points:
1) Hire purchase is an agreement where goods are hired with an option to purchase after paying installments. Ownership remains with the vendor until the purchase option is exercised.
2) Under hire purchase, the buyer gets possession of the goods but ownership remains with the seller until all installments are paid. The buyer can also return the goods before completing payment.
3) If the buyer defaults, the seller can repossess the goods and forfeit the amounts already received. Ownership transfers to the buyer only after full payment of the hire purchase price.
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Hier Purchase System
The document discusses hire purchase system. Some key points:
1) Hire purchase is an agreement where goods are hired with an option to purchase after paying installments. Ownership remains with the vendor until the purchase option is exercised.
2) Under hire purchase, the buyer gets possession of the goods but ownership remains with the seller until all installments are paid. The buyer can also return the goods before completing payment.
3) If the buyer defaults, the seller can repossess the goods and forfeit the amounts already received. Ownership transfers to the buyer only after full payment of the hire purchase price.
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HIER PURCHASE SYSTEM
WHAT IS HIRE PURCHASE
• It is an agreement to the hire goods with an opinion to purchase after payment of the agreed hire installments. Ownership of the goods remains with the vendor until the opinion to purchase is excercised FEATURES OF HIRE PURCHASE SYSTEM There is an agreement between the seller and the purchaser The position of the goods immediately passes from the seller to the buyer on signing the agreement The buyer will make payment in installment over a period of time The ownership of the goods will remain with the seller and passes to the buyer on the payment of last installment Each installment is treated as hire charge till the last installment is paid. Cont…… Cont….. The buyer has the opinion to return the goods to the seller and can terminate the agreement f he does not want to pay the rest of the installment. If there is any default in payment of any installment, the seller has a right to repossess the goods sold on hire purchase and forfeit the amount already received either in down payment or in installment. • HIRE PURCHASE PRICE- • The hire purchase price means the total payable by the hirer under the hire purchase agreement in order to complete the purchase of or acquisition of the property in the goods to which the agreement relates and includes any some so payable by the hirer under the hire purchase agreement whether by way of deposit or otherwise. • Net hire purchase charge [sec8(1)(d)] • Net hire purchase charges in respect of the goods sold on hire purchase means the difference between the net hire purchase price and the net case price of the goods. • Hire purchase agreement- • The hire purchase agreement most content the following particular The description of goods in a manner sufficient to identify them The hire purchase price of the goods The date of commencement of the agreement The number of installments in which hire purchase price is to be paid, the amount and due date. Hire purchase vs Credit sale • In credit sale the property i.e., ownership and possession is transferred to the purchase simultaneously.
• In hire purchase the ownership
remains with the seller until last installment is paid. Hire purchase vs Installment sale • In case of installment system it is not only the position but also the ownership of the goods which is transfer to the buyer immediately at the time of agreement. • If the buyer stop payment of the dues at that time the seller has no right to right to repossess the goods
In hire purchase the ownership remains with the seller until